Justin Verlander
Justin Verlander
Justin Brooks Verlanderis an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 February 1983
CityManakon-sabait, VA
CountryUnited States of America
control hopefully tigers work
I've always been able to control myself. If I go back down and the Tigers find something I have to work on, then hopefully I'll go back and show them that I can do what they want me to do up here.
bit cushion ease felt four gave helped innings runs spring training
I felt like I was in a groove. Obviously, the four runs did help. It gave me a cushion there. But I really feel that having those innings in Spring Training helped me, and I feel a little bit more at ease this year.
bunch far great league major middle pitchers sign solid tigers
We've got a bunch of young, solid pitchers out there that can all pitch at the major league level. So I think it's a great sign for the organization and for the Tigers in the future. As far as being in the middle of it, it's fun.
good-things wells happenings
All I know is that if I continue to pitch well, good things will keep happening.
wells i-can
The only thing I can control is how well I pitch.
player thinking special
I think that a starting pitcher has to do something special to be as valuable or more so than a position player.
years young amazed
If you had told me at the beginning of the year that I was going to be a shoo-in for the Cy Young, I would have been absolutely ecstatic and amazed.
talking guy listening
I'm hoping to learn something new every day. It sounds corny, but I really do come in here every day, listening and talking with the veteran guys and seeing what I can absorb.
years careers giving
I am always going to be working on location, even if I have a 20-year career. Talk to me in 15 years and I will still be working on location. It's something I can always do better. Right now, it's not nearly where it could be, so it gives me something to work on every day.
guy want lockers
I want to show that I can pitch well and get along with the guys in the locker room.'
curves guy lefties
I'm a power guy. Good fastball. A knuckle curve, which I can throw for strikes. A changeup which sinks down and away from lefties and I can also throw for strikes.
artist want pitching
When an artist wants to paint a painting, they have all those things in their head that they want to portray on a canvas. It's the same thing when I'm pitching. I have all these thoughts going through my head about how I want to pitch: which pitch I want to throw here, and why do I want to throw it?
certain explain few last middle pitching remember sitting situations taking talk time
When he was pitching in Oakland last week, he'd talk to me between a few of the innings. I remember sitting there, thinking, 'He's in the middle of the game. He's taking the time to explain to me what he's doing in certain situations and why.' It was pretty cool.
came hall
When I came into baseball, I had one goal for my career - the Hall of Fame.