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.
fairy hoping tale
This is fun. I couldn't have scripted it this way. I'm just hoping for a fairy tale ending.
grip helped spring taught
Mel taught me a new grip on my sinker in spring training, and I've used it all year, ... It has really helped me.
imagined night
I never could have imagined having a night like this in my career.
team
The 7-0 thing is nice, but more importantly, it's a team win,
kindness run together
I've been all over the place, ... It's a lot of places. They kind of run together after a while.
chance great win
If I could put up the zero, we had a great chance to win this game.
putting relax runs
Putting up those runs just made me relax even more,
pinch somebody
Please, somebody pinch me when it's all over.
facing game learn watching week
Each game is its own game, ... Facing them a week ago, you learn some things from the way they approached you, and you learn from watching the other guys, how they set them up. But it always comes down to executing.
ahead early glad strike worse
The big thing for me is getting ahead with strike one, ... Early on in the game, I wasn't doing that. I was just glad it wasn't worse than it was.
exciting
What an exciting moment, ... That (the ovation) was special.
coach
You didn't know I could hit, did you coach?