Matt Clement
Matt Clement
Matthew Paul Clementis a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. Clement played for the San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubsand Boston Red Sox. While on the Red Sox active roster, he was injured all of the 2007 season. He batted and threw right-handed...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth12 August 1974
against chicago city cool cubs pitching
It's kind of cool going back to Chicago for the series, but it would be a little different if I were pitching against the Cubs at Wrigley (Field), ... (I'm) just going to a city that I'm really comfortable in.
against ball best good hitter leave plate supposed
He's an All-Star - probably the best hitter in their lineup. He's a good hitter, and you can't leave a ball up over the plate against him. He did what you're supposed to do with that pitch.
definitely expected
Yeah, it's definitely not as loud. But I expected that.
certain half matter matters next point second somebody wins
It doesn't matter now how many wins somebody had in the second half or how somebody was at a certain point in the season, ... All that matters now is your next start.
affected johnny played stuff
Johnny has a lot of stuff going on the side, but it never affected the way he played on the field.
health rotation starting
I think our starting rotation has a lot of potential. It just comes down to health.
criticize good people
I think people criticize his hitting, but this guy's as good as you're going to get at shortstop.
lately witnessed
What they've been doing lately is incredible, ... nothing I've ever witnessed before.
seize underdog worried
I don't think we're worried about who's the underdog or the favorite, we just get to the postseason and now you have the opportunity, ... Hopefully, we can seize it.
win
If that's not enough to win the MVP, ... I don't know what is.
attacking felt good nice results team
I felt good. I was attacking the hitter. It's nice to have good results and keep this team in the game.
coach expect pitching problem
I don't expect it to be a problem or anything that's an issue. I think (Nipper) kind of comes out of Wally's mold, in a way. To me, a pitching coach is more of a psychologist than a pitching coach.
history hopefully resilient team
This team is pretty resilient, ... Their history is being pretty resilient and hopefully that will be the case.
baseball healed health healthy help worry
More important is him and his health and his family, not baseball. Let's get him healthy and get him healed up, then we'll worry about when he's going to come help us pitch.