Joel Pineiro Ball Quotations

He looks mean, like he's going to knock the ball out of the park. Maybe we caught him at a cold time.

I wanted to put the ball in play and he put good wood on it. It was a sinker. ... He hit it to the right part of the ballpark and the wind was blowing that way.

I was throwing strikes and getting ahead. All of a sudden, I threw like eight (nine) balls in a row and I was like, 'What's going on?' I felt fine. I don't know what happened.

I was getting by, but I was running a lot of long counts 3-0, 3-1. Then in that one inning, the fifth, they got a lot of balls, like grounders, through on me and they just kept doing it.

They were seeing the ball like it was a basketball.

They hit some balls hard. I never worry about our defense. I think we have one of the best defenses.

I'm able to spot my fastball and everything works off that. I'm trying to take it one game at a time, so let's just say I'm in a good groove.