Jamie Moyer Quotes (34 Quotes)

I think it's all a coincidence. I've pitched some poor games here and got a no-decision. But just give me the ball. I don't care where I pitch.

He does have a little bit to learn about pitching, learning about hitters, situations in games, things like that. That will come. Anybody at the age of 19 is going to be in that same situation. The things that he has that the average 19-year-old, sometimes 25-year-old guys don't have. And that's what's going to carry him.

In meetings, I don't recall someone speaking to him in Japanese, which tells me he's understanding what's going on.

It's pretty much a given with the stuff he has. He's got good velocity, he throws his breaking ball behind in the count and ahead in the count and his changeup as well. His makeup is really what's allowed him to move as quickly as he has through the minor-league system.

The losses, they get old. We've got a lot of guys here that are learning the big-league situation, but at the same time, they've got to learn how to win.

This will be a team that could possibly have the ability to surprise some people.

They are dreams that you can't just go to the travel agent and buy. We tried to make them (the dreams) very unique.

It'll be a shame not to see him in uniform anymore after this year. But we'll see him around. He will always be part of this organization and this community.

I let Guerrero get his arms extended, and while that's usually a mistake to any power hitter, it isn't necessarily so to him. He has no strike zone. He'll hit the ball below the zone, the ball away, and he'll cheat inside and put good wood on it. So you choose your poison.

He adds so much to our organization and our community as a person as well as a player, ... and as a family man.

I think that would be wonderful, ... It would be like old times, although in some ways it wouldn't, would it We'd do fine, just like always.

I thought I kept us in the game, ... Three solo homers, and it is only 3-1, so you've still got a chance. What else can you do

It seems like we've faced him 10 times, ... and he always pitches like this.

Danny exudes the qualities that the Seattle organization is all about,

What a great honor, ... Roberto Clemente may be the greatest humanitarian in the game of baseball. I commend the Clemente family for this award and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I really haven't thought about that, ... To me, it was Danny's day.

We try to remind him to rely on his instincts -- he's been a catcher 18 years, he has to have instincts. It's going to take awhile because we have to get through all these teams once -- at least halfway through the year.

It's really great to see the support that we've had. And hopefully there's more people that are looking to come and make this a fun night and a great way to raise an awareness as well.

It's meaningful to me if it's meaningful to him. A great way for him to go out is to catch. That's what he's done his whole life. He's caught me most of my career. I've been here nine-plus years and he's caught me eight-plus years of that. If we can do it together, it would be great. If he can't, I understand that, too. You're dealing with an injury here.

But I sense a fair amount of experience in the room, along with the youth.

He acts far more mature than 19. He's very respectful to his teammates, he's very respectful to the game and it's very pleasant to see someone act that way.

If you make decent pitches to him, you give him respect because you know he'll swing at anything. You know he's going to put the bat on the ball. And if he can reach it, he will. The pitch was probably not necessarily where I wanted it, but he just as well could have popped it up, too.

To me, he's mature beyond his years. I look back to when I was his age. I don't think I would have handled things the way he does. I would have handled them completely differently more in a negative way. He seems to take it all in stride. It's almost like he's lived it before.

Runs early are big, but you have to put up zeros, ... You keep your nose to the grindstone and play the game.

I think I pitched OK. On these low-scoring games, you've got to take advantage of what you can get.

It's feedback. I was trying to see how many times in a row I could get him to say it.

He did a nice job behind me today. He was thinking. I was quite impressed. He's made the effort from Day 1 to fit in and to learn.

To me, you have to play all 162 games, whether you are playing well or playing poorly.

I felt like my location was a lot better today. That's a plus.

It's a crapshoot. You're dealing with kids, 17 to 21 years old. That's a lot of pressure. Think of all the pressure -- and the money that is bet on it, legally and illegally. It's amazing.

I threw the ball decently. It seemed like I had to pitch out of trouble every inning.

Yeah. He's going to be busy this spring.

He moves around back there pretty well. He's not afraid to let you know what he's thinking, and I don't recall shaking him off too much, which I appreciate and think any pitcher would.

That was a heads-up play. I was behind him (backing up), and he saw the throw didn't have enough to get the runner. So he ran up where he could get the ball cleanly and make the throw. That made it two outs and no on, instead of (the potential for) an add-on run. The damage was over.