Mike Maroth Quotations

We're doing everything it takes to win. I'm definitely enjoying going to the ballpark every day.

One thing he brings is the experience he has, knowing the hitters. He's been around, so he knows how to pitch them, ... Once we get in a game situation, we'll get a better idea of how we both work. But that'll take some time. But I believe he knows what he's doing. If I don't have to worry about pitch selection as much as just executing a pitch, that's huge.

I wish I could pitch this well everywhere, ... especially at home this year.

I got the ground ball I was looking for.

I'd like to see him back. I think he's come a long way as a manager,

I felt pretty good. That's always first and foremost. I was able to use all my pitches. Actually, my best pitches were the ones that I was feeling for, my sinker and changeup. I guess I wasn't getting on top of it. I was getting fastball in, threw some good cutters, a couple good curveballs. I was pretty happy with the execution of pitches and the way I felt.

For me, that's what I wanted to do. Sometimes managers won't let their players, for whatever reason. That's a challenge for him. For me, I'd already lost 20 games by this point. It happened well before the end of the year. It's not like I was down to one or two starts. It didn't come down to the wire.

He might have been putting a little bit of pressure on himself trying to do too much. For any pitcher, first time out there, you don't know what to expect, you're just trying to go out there and try and get a good feel for the mound, because it's been awhile since we've done it, especially in game atmosphere.

He's gotten the blame for a lot of things that really aren't his fault. But that's the way it is. Usually the blame falls on the manager or the head coach in sports. I guess you're looking for a change when things aren't going the way you like them.

I was leaving a lot of balls over the plate. I pretty much did what you don't want to do as a pitcher. It seemed like I was getting behind hitters, and when I did get ahead, I wasn't able to put them away.

I think we need to continue to improve because we're still young and I think we will. Now that we have a few years in, we know we can pitch at this level. Now, it's a matter of winning more at this level.

I think one win can change things. That's all it takes. It was a big win tonight, a fight to the end. Tomorrow, everybody's going to come in knowing we're on the winning side of things.

The 21-loss thing is probably always going to be mentioned next to my name, but I'm glad the focus is off of that.

With all the experience he?s had as a manager, he?s confident in the way he does things.

We got together and talked some things out.

We've got a good offense. You can expect us to score runs. But there's going to be days where even the best hitting teams are going to get shut out.

I've been getting a lot of runs. This is just one game, ... Obviously the past two games we haven't scored any runs. But that's going to change. We've got a good offense. But there's going to be days where even the best hitting teams are going to get shut out.

I've been getting a lot of runs. They've been scoring a lot of runs for me. They picked me up several times,

You need some rules, of course. You've got to have order. At least he's taken the players' input. He's made a good impression, so far. Which isn't surprising, considering his track record.

It looked like he was trying to feel for his breaking ball a little bit, that's what it looked like he threw in the dirt. Fastball was coming out good. Probably been putting a little pressure on himself, trying to do too much. First time out there, for any pitcher, it's the first time out there. You don't know what to expect. You're just trying to go out there and get a good feel for it, really.

I know what he's going through, I can relate to him. I know the feeling of going out there and having a long season. It seems much longer than it really is.

I know what he's going through, ... I can relate to him. I know that feeling, the feeling of going out and having a long season that seems much longer than it really is.

I'll be in Kenny's ear as much as he'll let me be, and I'm pretty sure the other guys will be, too.

I had been trying to aim the ball a bit. So I just threw as hard as I could. I wasn't worrying about trying to make a perfect pitch. I just wanted to throw it in the strike zone and give them a different speed. It was very effective.

I didn't throw any curve balls today. I didn't like the way my arm was feeling in warm-ups.

He's upset about today. That's obvious. We should be upset about it, too. (Losing) 10-2, it wasn't a pretty game.

Good teams find a way to stop the bleeding. For whatever reason, I think we're just trying too hard. Things aren't always going to work out, and they haven't, but you've got to do the things necessary to do the turnaround and get back on track. We just haven't been able to do that. We need to, because we're getting to the end of the season and it's important that we do finish on a positive note.

I don't like to single anyone out. But I feel like the entire team was frustrated.