Jason Schmidt
Jason Schmidt
Jason David Schmidt, is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. In his career he has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Piratesand Atlanta Braves, by whom he had been drafted in the eighth round, 206th overall, of the 1991 draft...
ended five thrown time week
I think when I did it in L.A. the first time (on Sept. 7), I couldn't have thrown even one more pitch, ... (Saturday) I ended up making five innings. I don't know if that's progress; I don't think it's going backwards. I don't think I've made it severely worse, by any means, and now I get another week to let it rest.
believer guys jeff laughing league pop throw time
I was laughing at myself. Every time I'd throw one 85 and Jeff Kent would pop it up, I was like, 'Oh my gosh,' ... There are other guys in the league who can do it, and it made me a believer in how you can get guys out doing it.
arm chance felt half line lower name throw
The arm felt good, but mechanically I just couldn't get going. I couldn't line up my arm with the lower half and give myself a chance to throw strikes. That's the name of the game, and I just didn't do that.
arm felt half line lower throw
I felt good. I just couldn't get things going. I couldn't line up my arm with my lower half and throw strikes.
catch fun ground guy hitter played pop ran throwing
It's always embarrassing to come off the field, especially before throwing your first pitch, ... I was going to see what I could do with the first hitter and go from there. Basically, I played catch with (catcher Mike) Matheny the whole game. I was about 75 percent. One guy would pop it up, one guy would hit a ground ball. I just ran with it as long as I could. It was fun in a way.
bad coming definite difficult hard improvement last slide speed surgery throw
It was a definite improvement over last year. The changeup has been difficult to throw for me in Arizona, but it wasn't bad (Saturday), and I've always had that slide step, but after coming off surgery it's hard to speed up mechanically.
bed hope roll strikes throw whatever
You can say whatever -- you hope you roll out of bed and throw as many strikes as you want to.
attribute felt happy impossible last seems since team throw year
Last year I felt good. I just didn't get any results. It seems like since I've been on this team the changeup has been impossible to throw here. I attribute that to Arizona. It hasn't been half-bad this year. I don't know what to attribute that too, but I'm happy with it.
catch field fun ground guy hit played pop thrown
It's too embarrassing to come off the field before you've thrown a pitch, ... Basically, I just played catch with (Mike) Matheny the whole game. I was at 75 percent. One guy would pop it up, another would hit a ground ball. It was fun in a way.
good guy guys job picking thrown
For me, being a guy who doesn't usually get too many guys thrown out, Mike's doing a good job picking up my back.
emotions familiar free good mixed time
I thought it was a 50-50 thing. I have mixed emotions about it. I'm going back to a familiar team. I never said I didn't want to be here. It's just it would have been a good time to be a free agent.
felt hitter hitting playing spots
I felt good. I was just working on hitting my spots more than anything, kind of playing catch. It's a different look with a hitter up there.
secret
I don't know what the big secret is.
above beyond everybody harder intensity level nobody prepares puts works
Nobody works harder than him, that's for sure. Just the way he prepares for the game. His intensity level is above and beyond what everybody else's is. He really puts everything into it.