Alan Embree
Alan Embree
Alan Duane Embreeis a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Embree played for the Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, and the Colorado Rockies. He bats and throws left-handed, and was used as a left-handed specialist. His nickname is "The Gas"...
boston needed rewrite turn winning
Look, it was awesome, ... Winning a championship in Boston was awesome, but I needed to turn the page. I'm here now. I don't want to rewrite that chapter, I want to write a new chapter, winning a championship on this side.
position somebody
When you're in a position to put somebody away, you have to just do it. It's not mechanical.
daughter hated liked wife
Tough, ... My daughter liked it, my wife hated it.
alan breath fans hold pitch yankee
Yankee fans will now hold their breath as Alan Embree comes in to pitch
ball felt good last rest stuff throw
I felt like I was able to throw the ball where I wanted to last night; I had good stuff and made my pitches, I just got beat, ... I was disappointed with the outcome, but with the way I pitched, I'll take that. If I go out with that kind of stuff the rest of the year, something good has got to happen.
bag boston quick rid stuff
I got rid of my Boston bag as quick as I could, ... I had them put it away. I've still got some stuff in there.
bad friends-or-friendship
I have friends over there and you don't want to see them go through bad times,
bit chip feed front good handle help job manager maybe puts team time trying whatever year
My job is to help this team get to the postseason; I'm trying to show my manager that I can handle whatever he puts in front of me right now, ... This is the time of year when it's good to have a little bit of a chip on your shoulder, so maybe this is something I can feed off of.
add earlier generate kept saying slow speeding taking throw trying velocity year
My leg-kick was always slow and deliberate, ... Earlier this year I started speeding up. They kept saying my velocity was down and I was trying to do something to generate it. I'm going back to the basics. If you're going to throw hard, you've got to let it happen. When you try to add on, you end up taking off.
ready
There's not a lot to do here other than get ready for the game,
knew offense saw spoiled
This is the offense we saw all year. We got spoiled with this group. We knew they'd come around, and they did. When you look at our whole lineup ... they're going to come through.
boo deserved hurt last pitch
That's not an issue. If I pitch the way I did last night, boo me. If I pitch well, let me know that, too. I deserved it last night. I've been booed and cheered for, so it's not going to hurt my feelings.
against guys joe knows rough trying
I'm just trying to show these guys I can be an important part of the bullpen. I had a rough first half, but I think Joe knows from the times I've competed against him that I am a competitor. If I'm right, I can help.
against feelings held ill management onto wrong
I have no ill feelings, I just want to do well against them and show them they made the wrong decision. I'd like to show management that they should have held onto me.