Bob Apodaca
Bob Apodaca
Robert John Apodacais a former Major League Baseball pitcher, and an assistant to Colorado Rockies General manager Dan O'Dowd currently working with pitchers in the low minors...
stressed talked
I talked to them (Sunday) and I talked to them (Saturday) and stressed to them that every inning is important. We are not able to coast.
acquired bottle caught league lightning major pitcher
He's going to be a Major League pitcher -- we caught lightning in a bottle when we acquired this guy.
answers count discomfort earned fifth hat opportunity pitch ring starter strike stuff throw yes
This was not so much about his stuff but how well he commanded the strike zone, that he had no discomfort and that he got his pitch count up. The answers were yes, yes and yes. . . . He earned an opportunity to really throw his hat in the ring (for the fifth starter spot).