Scott Downs
Scott Downs
Scott Jeremy Downsis an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Atlanta Braves, and Chicago White Sox. He has been a starter, reliever and closer during his baseball career...
gets good hard satisfied season stops works
That's why he's as good as he is. He never stops working hard at what he does. He never gets satisfied with where he is and always works to get better. That's why he's having the season he's having now.
chance emphasis football observe players point returning spring starter virtual winter
A point of emphasis with us right now is that we do not have a virtual returning starter at any position. That's the way we want to go into spring drills. As a staff, we are now evaluating our players on the field. We've had a chance to observe them through winter conditioning, but now let's see where we're at as a football team.
early game glad good helps instead lets pound strong tough zone
That's a tough lineup. To get a five-spot early helps and lets you pound the zone a little bit. I got the curveball to Ortiz -- he's just a strong guy. It was a pretty good pitch, I thought, but that happens. I'm glad it was a 5-1 game instead of a 5-4 game.
behind keeping pitches putting team
I'm making pitches when I need to make pitches and I'm not putting myself behind the eight-ball. It's all about keeping your team in the game. If we get nine, I can give up eight. As long as your team's in the game, I've done my job.
keeping pitching riding team wave
I'm just riding a wave right now. Pitching right now is fun. I'm going out there and keeping my team in the game.
game keeping pitching riding team
I'm just riding a wave, ... Pitching right now is fun. I'm going out there and keeping the team in the game for as long as I'm out there. As long as I do that pitching is still going to be fun.
against ball game great hung knew proud teams today top
I'm proud of our guys. They never quit, they knew what they were going up against today and they hung in there and battled. It was a great ball game for the top two small-school teams in the area.
blue win
It's my first win as a Blue Jay, it's exciting.
hard
It was dark. It was getting pretty hard to see out there.
fortunate game team
It was a battle. I was fortunate enough to keep the team in the game while I was in there.
again ask chance consistent fresh gave good guys last level pitch prove start year
The chance is all I could ask for. It was good for me just to get a fresh start so I could pitch and prove I could be at the major-league level on a consistent basis. These guys gave me that last year and I'm getting that chance again this year.
fill guys pride taking void
You've got to have guys who fill in the void and I'm taking in pride in that.
compete consistent game leagues level proved starter
It was an important game for me. I think it proved I could be starter in the big leagues and it proved that I could compete at the big-league level on a consistent basis.