Rodrigo Lopez
Rodrigo Lopez
bit fastball good guy hat left throw tremendous trying
I was trying to throw a good fastball down and away and I left it a little bit up. The guy has tremendous power. Not much I could do but take my hat off. The guy is an All-Star.
emotional extremely game
It was an extremely emotional game for us.
changed double fastball ground prepared trying
It changed it a little bit. I was trying to get Olerud to ground into a double play. I just think he was prepared for a fastball the whole time.
fastball good guy left throw tremendous trying
I was trying to throw a good fastball down and away. I just left it up a little bit. Like I say, this guy's got tremendous power. This guy is an All-Star.
anybody blame correct knew rid seven treat
They had me there for seven years and the way they treat me at the end, I knew that they would probably get rid of me. I don't blame the Padres. I don't blame anybody over there. They just did what's correct for their organization. It was (correct) for them as well as for me.
against particular plan success tried worse
With Derek, I've already tried everything, so I'm going to do the same thing. I don't have any particular plan with Jeter because any plan I've been trying, he's had success against me. What worse can happen?
bad three
This will give me more confidence, especially after those three bad outings.
ball best control game gives left opening trying
With two outs left for me before opening day, it gives me a lot of confidence. I was just trying to keep the ball down. Probably, I didn't have my best control in this game with my fastball.