Paul Byrd
Paul Byrd
Paul Gregory Byrdis an American former professional baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2009. He is known, perhaps ironically, as being the "nicest guy in baseball". In 2002, Byrd developed an old-fashioned, early twentieth-century windup in which he swung his arms back and forth to create deception and momentum. He became recognizable and well known for his unique delivery...
anybody brings enjoyable everybody food great humble locker played room
He is an MVP with the bat, he's got a great arm, he's humble in the locker room and he brings food for everybody in the clubhouse. I've never played with anybody like that. He's an enjoyable teammate.
dugout gives signal throw
He gives me the signal from the dugout through the catcher. There's times when you throw over there on your own and times, ... when you don't have a choice.
ball felt hitting last spots
I felt good. I was hitting my spots and I felt like they weren't squaring the ball up on me and I didn't feel like they were comfortable up there. But the last inning it all changed.
bottom bullpen came line picked
I got us through six, ... But the bottom line is, our bullpen came in and picked me up when, reasonably, they could have been tired.
came warren watch
I didn't watch any video, didn't see any Warren Spahn video. That's just the way it came about.
against credit excited four fun good great job miss score scoring sign team
I didn't want to be down 1-0, but our team did a great job of scoring for me. Moyer usually does real well against us, so I think it's a good sign that we scored four off him. That's a credit to our offence. We can score in many different ways. I was really excited for Vlade. He's really fun to watch. You don't want to miss any of his at-bats.
anywhere care help pitch spot
I don't care what spot I pitch in the rotation. I can help anywhere they put me.
excited family
When I put that (jersey) on (Friday), I think my whole family will be excited for me.
again days definitely guys pick runs score stop
If the guys are gonna' score 10 or 11 runs again I definitely won't stop them. Some days they will have to pick me up and some days I will have to pick them up.
based corners importance people pitch strike though
I can't do anything different based on the importance of the game. I just have to pitch my game. I've said that all along, even though it's playoffs, you're going to get 85, 86, 87 (miles-per-hour) on the corners and I'm not going to strike too many people out.
control deal few rely
I can't say enough about our bullpen, ... I'm a control pitcher, I don't rely on velocity. It wasn't a big deal to me. I got away with a few pitches.
ball bit bullpen coming control deal few great move picking rely velocity
I can't say enough about our bullpen coming in and picking me up. I'm a control pitcher, so I don't rely on great velocity anyway. It wasn't a big deal for me. I was able to move the ball around a little bit and got away with a few pitches.
based game importance people pitcher strike though
I can't really do anything different based on the importance of the game, ... Even though it's the playoffs, you're going to get 85, 86, 87 (mph) on the corners. I'm not going to strike too many people out, not going to give up too many runs. I just keep us in the game and battle. I need some runs. I need hitting. That's just the kind of pitcher I am.
excited guys talking
We were excited for (Wedge). Guys were talking about it.