Vance Wilson Quotations

Ultimately, he's got to pitch at the knees and then go up in the strike zone. His motor runs pretty high, and he wants to pitch up early.

One thing we won't have a problem with, though, is guys playing hard. Tram will make sure that happens.

From my standpoint, there's not a whole lot different that he could have done. He's passionate. He cares about the players, he backs the players and never once bashed them to the media. I thought he handled things very well and took the pressure off the players. He's taken the fall now for a couple of months. If anything, he might have been too supportive of us.

He's awesome. He's got as good a stuff as we have in this organization.

He was locating. When that happens, the hitter starts thinking. You start playing with his emotions when you pitch that well.

I actually had a 17-pitch at-bat one time. The problem with long at-bats is that you typically miss pitches you should have hit, so you can't get into a mental game.

I thought he actually threw the ball better than his line was.

We're not prepared. That's what it boils down to. There's all kinds of things that are making us look bad now, unfortunately.

Everything he got hurt on had to do with location. He had his good stuff in the bullpen, good game plan. We just missed with our spots, and then you tip your cap to their lineup. They hurt you when you make mistakes.

Down the middle to most people, but maybe a low strike to him because he's 6-foot-12.

The thing that makes it so good is he throws it so hard.

I've always taken the approach of working hard and being prepared. I feel good right now and look forward to winning this year.

You still have to go out and compete. We signed on to play 162 games, not 140 games and shut it down. If you're any kind of professional, it's important to show what kind of pride you have.

They feed off their crowd. They're an emotional team. They get one guy on, and it's like a huge rally. The crowd goes crazy ... truly the extra-man effect.

It's a little tough to focus on the job. We're playing with a heavy heart. It's really tough. It makes it emotional.

It's not like we're just launching pop-ups out of the park. We're doing the little things, we're running the bases, getting guys over when we need it and we're getting great pitching, and that's the key.

It's not like he has to earn our respect. He walked in here with it.

It's incredible. If they can keep their heads on straight, they'll be great.

That's below the knees, high 90s, and guys are trying to touch it.

If you look at the way he was continually getting strike one down in the zone ... if he does that, he can do whatever he wants.

He threw some good pitches early that got called balls, and it just seemed we got in some bad counts because of that. No offense to the umpire. I thought he threw the ball better than his line showed for sure.

He threw a rocket. He's a heck of a player.