That's when I'm at my best. When I can throw a fastball over in the count, just throw strikes both in and away, it just sets up all my stuff.
I was never a strikeout pitcher. Why should I throw eight or nine balls to get a man out when I got away with three or four?
John Wetteland had a very good curveball. He threw it for a strike, too, in any count, any situation. But, he really didn't use it much. He didn't want to throw it. He wanted to throw fastball-slider.
When I can buy strikes with that curveball, that just lets everything else play up.
This is the big leagues; pitchers throw a lot of strikes. I feel like they attack me. That's why I go up there and swing.
I'm a power guy. Good fastball. A knuckle curve, which I can throw for strikes. A changeup which sinks down and away from lefties and I can also throw for strikes.
The big thing will be having two pitches you can throw for strikes and developing a change-up, too.
I'm not executing my pitches. I'm not commanding my fastball, and I get behind in the count. When I try to throw strikes, I'm getting hurt. That's not the way I pitch.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
I can throw strikes any time.
My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.
When you don't have one that you throw for strikes - they are good hitters - they can cancel out one pitch and go to another. Now I have four pitches. If one's not working, I've got three others. It makes the game totally different.
