Ryan Dempster
Ryan Dempster
Ryan Scott Dempsteris a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox. Dempster batted and threw right-handed. He was both a starter and a reliever in his career...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth3 May 1977
close exciting games gone
It's exciting to go in there and close games and get the save. It's gone a lot better than even I thought it was going to go.
bullpen gave nice
He gave the bullpen a real nice breather.
became best committed good job necessity shot starting
It became one of those things out of necessity that I wanted to give it a shot and thought I could do a good job of it, ... I went down there and committed myself to doing it. I haven't really thought about starting because of it. I just went down there and said, 'This is what I'm going to try to do and do the best I can with it.'
season starting
After starting the season in the rotation, and to go down there in May and have 30 saves, it's neat,
bases coming game loaded
I like the idea of coming into the game with the bases loaded and two out in the eighth,
nice
It'd be nice if we could get to .500 and go from there.
brought came joke park season
I got to know this one season ticket-holder who came to the park with a new joke every day. So every day I brought a new joke for him.
continue enjoy focused grueling healthy lining months ninth opportunity preparing rather ready rehab second silver stayed time tried
I enjoy this role, but I don't think it was a silver lining because it was a grueling 12 months of rehab before that. I'd much rather have just stayed healthy and continue doing what I did before I got hurt. But I got a second life, and I've just tried to make the most out of that opportunity by preparing every time and get ready and stay focused every time that ninth inning comes up.
focus
See, I can't focus that much in March.
autograph bunch everybody happy might nice outside people saw
I was outside and saw a bunch of people in the rain, and I thought I might go and keep the people happy -- give them an autograph and a picture. Everybody was really nice and cooperative.
anybody good knows pitch pleasure speed stuff
He has as good an idea of how to pitch as anybody in the game, probably of all-time. He doesn't have the stuff he used to have, but he still knows how to pitch. He just does it at a different speed now. He's a pleasure to watch.
figured handle leaving option
I didn't go up there with any. I figured I could handle them on my own. I had the option of leaving if they got too greedy, but it was fun.
bounce everybody game
Everybody in this game fails. It's how you bounce back from it.
chance good guys hopefully learn opportunity showcase step veterans
This is a chance for some guys to step up and have an opportunity, even if it's just for a month. They can come up and do well and showcase themselves. Some guys will get an opportunity and they'll learn from some veterans and hopefully do a good job.