Ian Snell
Ian Snell
Ian Dante Snellis an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Pittsburgh Pirates and Seattle Mariners. From 2001 to 2003, he went by the name Ian Oquendo, adopting the last name of his wife, and during the 2009 World Baseball Classic he went by Ian Davila-Snell, adopting his stepfather's surname. He throws a mid-90s fastball, along with a curveball, slider and changeup...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 October 1981
kept lose slap squeezed turn
I thought I was getting squeezed a little bit. I wanted to lose control, but I just kept my composure. I'd just turn around and slap my thigh.
minor prove time won
I think it's time for me to get a major-league job. I really don't know what else I have to prove in the minor leagues. I've won at every level. I've done everything I can do.
arm carry good group hopefully maybe problems
Maybe that's a good thing for us. Having a young group of guys, hopefully we won't have any arm problems and we can carry the team.
truth whatever
To tell you the truth, I have no idea. That's up to them. I'm just doing my job. Whatever they need me to do, I'll do it.
carpenter chris faced last win
I faced Chris Carpenter in my last start, and he's probably going to win the Cy Young Award, so it didn't faze me at all.
coach gets messes pitching somebody takes time until wait
He takes his time with everybody, does everything a pitching coach should do. If you're doing something wrong, he'll wait until you're done or wait until after the game, and he'll tell you. That's what you want. You don't want to tell somebody while they're in the game, that messes them up and gets them off track.
confidence joke last win
We've got all the confidence in the world in each other. Last year, I told Duke, let's do what we did in Triple-A. Let's have fun, joke around with each other - and try to win some games.
busted coaching good gotten helped key staff tail words
I've busted my tail this spring. I've gotten good words from the coaching staff and they've helped me out a lot. They don't want you to let up and they haven't let me do that, and that's a key for me.
guys people stuff tinker tinkering
A lot of guys are tinkering with a lot of stuff down here. But I want a job, I want to start, I don't want to tinker with anything. It's all or nothing for me. I want to go out and get people out.
clue felt great mixing
I was mixing in all my pitches. They had no clue what was coming. I felt great out there.
asked baseball excited high level playing struggled team
I'm just excited for my team. To get my team on a high level of playing baseball right now. We struggled of late. I couldn't have asked for a better outing. It was really good.
chip good shoulder worked
I pitched with a chip on my shoulder and it actually worked out good for me.
baseball car care drive fancy political stuff typical worry wrapped
I'm not the typical ballplayer. I don't drive a fancy car like a lot of guys. I don't get wrapped up in a lot of stuff. I just like to play baseball and win. That's what I care about. The other stuff is political stuff and I don't worry about it.
hope judge
I hope they don't judge me on this one. Or the ones before it.