Gil Meche Quotations

My last few starts I just haven't felt real strong on the mound, ... When I wind up in a hitter's count I find I can't power the ball past someone.

I was right here for four years in a row. (Left-handed pitcher) Ryan Anderson was No. 1 every year. There was one year where he was injured and didn't pitch at all, and he was still No. 1.

I can get on a routine now and that's something I wasn't doing the last two weeks.

When they first taped it up, I found that it helps. I kind of like the way it makes me feel. When I open up too quick, I can feel the tape pulling. But if I'm in the right motion, I feel nothing.

I think we have one of the best defenses in the league. We've got guys behind us who make the tough plays look routine.

It gives you a little bit more confidence on the mound when you've got five pitches instead of three. I haven't seen action on pitches like that in a while.

I was able to make pitches right from the get-go. The biggest focus is trying to establish the strike zone early with my two-seam fastball and throw some changeups.

I think everybody cares about what they've got to do this year. We've lost for two years in a row. Obviously, I haven't pitched great in the last two seasons. I know what I'm capable of doing or I feel like I'm capable of doing out there every time I step on the mound.

That was not a good pitch. The worst feeling in the world is when you get some momentum going and you give it right back to them. It makes it worse.

I wasn't trying to strike anyone out, not until I got two outs. I just couldn't get them to put the ball on the ground for a double play.

When you give up a six-run lead in the first inning, that's atrocious. I was looking for some pitches and I just couldn't find them. After that first inning, I thought I settled down.

When I was throwing in the bullpen, I felt great,

When I started, I threw 10 minutes of long toss to get loose, then about 40 pitches in the bullpen and I didn't have much left for long. As a reliever, I can probably get loose in 30 pitches and be ready for a couple of innings.

Before, I was feeling something when I'd pull my body through the delivery. We taped it up a little today, and it felt great.

Did I wear myself out in the bullpen? I don't know. I don't think so. I never have before. I've never gone from feeling like I did in the bullpen to feeling like I did out there on the mound.

Early in the season, you want to go out there, get your innings in and make a good start and keep us in the game. That's what everyone has done for us so far.

the wind was maybe 20 miles an hour, not much. It was much worse to the east.

After missing a full month, I'm just not ready to start, and I think I proved that Sunday in Detroit. I pitched well out of the bullpen for two innings in Toronto, so the manager and I talked about it, and that's what I'll do the rest of the week here.

You can throw it down the middle and let it move to the corner.

They haven't said anything to me. I had a bullpen session Wednesday and if I don't pitch I'll have to have another one, then it'll be 2-3 days after that.

It was them just not putting a lot of balls in play. I felt good. I was trying to make some good pitches.

It's fun for me right now, but I need to be careful not to overthrow.

It will give me something positive to take home and rest on.

I'm just looking for a fair deal. I don't want to be greedy. At the same time, I don't want to be underpaid to where people can say I didn't get market value.

I had a pretty wacky game, I never could find myself or find a rhythm. I tried everything. Maybe I tried too many things. Nothing worked.

I'm consistent with the five pitches I throw and doing what I want to do.

I'll maintain it for now. Then, hopefully in a couple weeks it will be gone.

I just got tired. I hadn't started a game in a month. And after throwing long toss, then a bullpen, I just ran out of gas. ... My arm is fine.

I called the folks on Sunday when there was talk the storm would be a big one. I wondered about boarding up my house. They said the storms aren't much when they get to us, and the prediction was this one would turn east once it hit land.