Dave Bush Quotes (18 Quotes)

I learned a lot of lessons I would have preferred not to learn. It's a tough game, there are up and downs. Most guys go through some struggles, I'm not alone in that regard. But the guys who stick around longest are the guys who make adjustments quickest.

I just controlled both sides of the plate, changed speeds here and there, and expanded the zone when I needed to. Mostly, I just had better command tonight.

Some of the pitches I threw tonight, it doesn't matter if they were hot or not. Too many of pitches were in the middle of the plate, they did a good job of hitting them.

Anytime you put up that kind of number, it just lets everyone relax a little bit and just kind of play off the game. It takes a little bit of the pressure off, certainly.

I have no problem being outduelled in a pitchers' battle. (Kazmir) was one run better than me today. There's not a whole lot to feel sorry for or disappointed about. A couple of singles and a sac fly scored a run. It's not too often that just that is going to beat you.

It was definitely one of my best. I mostly had good command. I was throwing strikes.

We did a great job of using all 27 of our outs to score runs today, ... Sometimes you score early and sometimes late, but either way we had enough today.

I think today kind of typified (his season). Not great, runs early in the game hurt me all year, gave up some today. Home runs have hurt me all year, that's how they scored two of their runs. There are times I got on a roll but never for more than a few starts in a row. That's probably the most frustrating part.

It's a tough game. There are ups and downs, ... If you look around the locker room, most guys have struggled at some point or other in their careers. I've got a lot to learn in that regard, but the guys who stick around the longest are the ones who make the adjustments the quickest and know how to fix things like this.

That and the double play in the second (after walking the first two batters) were the two biggest situations I had in the game,

Occasionally you walk a couple of guys and it doesn't really get that bad, ... Once you walk three guys and hit a guy, you're probably not staying in there much longer.

On the whole, not very good. I think today kind of typified it,

After the first inning, with the three hits bunched together, I felt pretty good. I was mixing my pitches a little bit better, throwing strikes,

It wasn't the wrong pitch (fastball), it was the wrong location.

I was kind of thinking I just have to settle down, keep throwing strikes, just because of a run in the first inning I can't come out of the game plan. I feel like I've executed fairly well against them.

I did a pretty good job of staying on top of the ball and keeping it down. I felt pretty good.

It was a situation I didn't handle too well and everyone knows that. There were some adjustments I had to make physically and mentally and it probably all factored into (the demotion).

Obviously, every run counted, ... Any number of those runs that doesn't score, it's a different game for us. I'm frustrated because I never really got going -- never really found a groove, never consistently threw a lot of strikes.