Jason LaRue
Jason LaRue
Michael Jason "Rusty" LaRueis a former Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth19 March 1974
bag base bit closer extra giving guy keeping lead main step throw
The main thing about it is, especially if a guy's on second, it'll shorten the lead of the runner. If it's a base hit, you're keeping him a little bit closer to the bag and it's giving the outfielder an extra step or two to try to throw the guy out at home.
exactly games tonight
It's been the same. What he did tonight was exactly what he's been doing in all the simulated games he's thrown.
pitching wins
It's pitching and defense. That's what wins games.
closest eight friends-or-friendship guy parts played seeing strange
I played with the guy for parts of eight years. He's one of my closest friends I played with. It's a little strange seeing him on the other side.
ballpark balls flies launching obviously pop routine
Our ballpark is obviously a launching pad. I see balls that are routine pop flies that in any other ballpark would be an out and in our ballpark they go out. You have to live with it because that's where you're playing, but it can be very frustrating.
dukes night watch
Dukes of Hazzard. I watch it every night.
bunch needed runs
It just got away from us in two innings. They scored a bunch of runs and scored some runs when they needed them.
final forward looking playing reason
If we keep playing the way we are and keep winning, there is no reason to think we will not be up over .500 by the end of the season. We are really looking forward to this final month.
aspect fastball legs totally underneath velocity
I think it's going to be totally different, just from that aspect that he's got his legs back underneath him. He's got more velocity on his fastball and he's just able to be sharper.
expect mixed stuff
It was unbelievable. That's what we all expect him to be. He had a lot of giddy-up on his fastball. We mixed in his off-speed stuff after he established the fastball.
catch hit knew scary square
I knew it didn't catch him square but obviously, it still doesn't matter. When you get hit in the head, it's a scary moment.
expect few knew last saw start turn win
Yeah, I saw it a few times last year. The start before the All-Star break, he didn't get the win or anything, but that's when he started to turn it around. That's what we should expect from him. I always knew it was there.