Aaron Small
Aaron Small
Aaron James Smallis an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is probably best remembered for his short successful stint as a starter for the New York Yankees in 2005...
dream help insurance last pinch serious seven six stadium start team time wake yankee
I know I'm an insurance policy. I've been that for the last six or seven years. This has been a dream come true. After my first start at Yankee Stadium I said 'Don't pinch me, I don't want to wake up,' but now it's serious time and I want to help this team any way I can.
chance fifth heard maybe middle outside ready whatever work
I've heard I have an outside chance as the fifth starter, and if not maybe as a middle or long reliever. They like my flexibility to work in any situation. I'll be ready for whatever they want me to do.
feeling hope rewarding
It's a rewarding feeling right now. It can't get any better than this but I hope it does.
bring faith gave glad help race
It really hasn't sunk in yet, ... To do it at this level, with this team, in this kind of race we're in. I'm just glad I could help this team. They gave me an opportunity. They had the faith to bring me up here.
crucial game matter
Every game is so magnified and so crucial right now. It doesn't matter how you get it done as long as you win. They don't have to be pretty as long as you get them done.
guy strike
I'd like to strike this guy out, ... so I can get this ball.
leave time
It just wasn't my time to leave the game.
double forgot
I thought it was a double down the line. I forgot who was over there. What a play.
ends fourth game gives momentum run score swings team time
That was huge; that play right there gives them their fourth run if they score it, and it ends an inning, ... Any time you make a play like that, in a game like this, it swings the momentum to the team that makes that play.
control free guys hitting passes plays quick tough walking
I can't give free passes away. Walking guys and hitting a guy, that's uncalled for. I can't do that. That just plays out of my game; I'm a control guy, getting quick outs. When I give out free passes, it makes it tough for me. It's inexcusable.
credit deserve
It's all my teammates. They deserve the credit,
hold
This is the way I used to hold that pitch.
amazed loud
What amazed me was how loud it was,
exciting
What an exciting moment, ... That (the ovation) was special.