Jeff Suppan
Jeff Suppan
Jeffrey Scot Suppanis an American retired professional baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth2 January 1975
finally good league main mentally minor physically ready
I finally had a good cutter, which really helped. I still have one more start, a minor league start. I'm still building. The main thing is getting mentally and physically ready for the season, and I'm close.
focusing letting pitch trying
I don't feel like I'm laboring, ... I'm just concentrating on that one pitch and letting things happen. I'm trying to use the defense. I haven't really thought about (start to start). I'm just focusing on the now.
everywhere focusing good last location obviously pitch stamina
My stamina was good, I thought. Obviously my pitch location wasn't as good as I wanted it to be. I'm still predominantly focusing on the fastball. It didn't go everywhere I wanted it to go, but better than last time.
improved location pitches selection
Location has always been No. 1 for me. My location has improved with each start. ... For me, each of my pitches complements another pitch. I've improved on pitches, pitch location, pitch selection and my rhythm.
mentally number prepared staying
Mentally, I think is the key, staying mentally prepared in a number of ways,
faced last prepares year
Last year I faced them a lot, so I think that prepares me for this year,
bags clubhouse creative excited jersey meet offer pope rip
I called Rip Rowan, who is our clubhouse manager, and he got us a jersey and I was very excited and nervous. More importantly, just to meet the pope was phenomenal, and then to be able to offer him what I thought was a creative gift. And then my bags didn't make it. So I didn't have anything to offer him.