Doug Waechter Quotations

Obviously, I've been pretty consistent. And I've been throwing well. You just hit a speed bump every once in a while. That doesn't mean you stop. You just keep going. This happens to everybody. It's going to happen again.

I was throwing well before that, and hopefully, I'll continue to throw well. Just my arm was dragging a little bit and I was up in the zone more than I usually am.

I think he's one of the coolest guys ever to watch. I love everything about him. The way he plays the game. The way he throws the ball. He's not scared of anything. He'll throw three interceptions and go back out there and throw a 50-yard bomb with no fear. He's just fun to watch, and he has a cannon, too.

It all kind of snowballed on me. I left a couple of pitches up. I kind of fell into some bad counts where I had to go after some hitters. When you fall behind guys like these, you get hurt a lot. It's a good team and you want to attack them. You don't want to fall behind.

When you do it every day, when you go out and throw to a lot of catchers, you don't even think about it. You just assume that a catcher will set up inside or outside, whatever. (This) opens up communications. You can tell them how you want them to set up. It's common sense, but you don't think about.

This way you won't go out there and second-guess yourself afterwards, because you already talk about everything. You know what's going on. If you don't execute, you don't execute. But you can't say, 'Oh well, I didn't like the way you were setting up.' The lines of communication are open. It's your fault if you don't tell the catcher you want them.

As soon as it gets cooler out you feel like you want to hit somebody. It's just a game that you can't really forget. I mean it's so much fun getting the pads on and practicing with all the guys. You go into game day and all the excitement about it. The band's playing, just getting in there. Being able to throw passes and command an offense. I mean, everything about it. I love it. I love the sport.

I've never done it before. I've gone up through the whole minor leagues, everything. I never really done it. Ever. You talk to the catchers, you have meetings, but not to that degree. It's helped out so far.

An owner? We are going to have to stay in touch.

It was friendly competition between us. He threw very well. I just told him he shouldn't be worried about anything. If he keeps throwing the way he is, he'll be up here soon enough.

It's kind of like, if I wasn't in the game, if I wasn't even part of professional baseball, if it wasn't my job, I'd be excited just for the area. Just knowing we're going to have somebody coming in bringing all these changes, the excitement that he brings is very uplifting. It's fun to be part of it.

It's not exactly boring, but you have something competitive inside you that wants top pitch against a live hitter. You want to get somebody out.

I never really thought of it that way. I just came out here and threw my own game. If I threw my own game, then I would have a chance. That was really my focus.

I don't look back and say I made the wrong choice. I won't ever do that. I made that choice and I've stuck to it and I definitely think I made the right choice.