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...
contract family guaranteed kansas larger left money paying win
I left a lot of guaranteed money on the table. But my family said, 'How much money is enough?' They are paying me a lot in Cleveland. I want to win and that was more important than the larger contract in Kansas City.
control good home performance stop strikes throw throwing walking
I just wanted to throw strikes and give a good performance. If I get beat, I want it to be throwing strikes, not walking people. After the Shelton home run, I was able to stop overthrowing and get my control settled.
anyone quickly score seen
Just amazing. I've never seen anyone score that quickly from second.
appreciate few games picked teammates
You're only going to get games like that a few times a year. I appreciate the way my teammates picked me up.
bad good needed shoulder
I needed to go out there and give us a good start. It was just bad timing. I shoulder the loss.
balls good hard hit similar
They hit some balls hard but they were right at people. We're similar teams. It's a good match-up.
fifth fourth guys needed plays until
See, I needed that. I don't know if you noticed, but I didn't get my first strikeout until the fourth or fifth inning. I need guys to make plays for me out there.
bottom credit great hitting job line offense overcame poor sleep start tampa tonight
I have to give credit to Tampa Bay, they did a great job of hitting the ball. But the bottom line is, our offense overcame my poor start and I'll be able to sleep tonight because of that.
came execution few plays situation
It came down to a few plays of execution. We were able to execute. It's not a situation where they failed. We just executed well.
balls breaking cost hot threw
I thought they were hot and I could have done a better job. I threw too many breaking balls and it cost me.
beats couch days home room sitting wake
It was one of those days where you wake up and the room is dark, and you say where am I? But it beats sitting home on the couch watching.
balls good start team works
You want to give your team a good start and put balls on the corners. Sometimes it works for me, sometimes I give up a lot of runs.
balls effort fifth flying gave guys somebody struck until
It wasn't until the fifth inning that I struck somebody out. So the balls were going to be flying around so it was important the way the guys gave effort and made plays.
attitude fallen team
Mentally, we could have fallen apart, but this team doesn't do that. We could have had the attitude that we're snake-bit, but we didn't.