Sidney Ponson
Sidney Ponson
Sidney Alton Ponson, OONis a former Major League Baseball pitcher. As a player, Ponson stood at 6'1" tall and weighed 260 pounds. He threw right-handed with a fastball that clocked out at 95 mph. When he made his major league debut for the Orioles in 1998, he became the third player from Aruba to play in the major leagues. After the 2003 season, he was decorated with an Order of Orange-Nassau, in the grade Knight, along with fellow former Baltimore Orioles...
hit missed plate rather
I just missed off the plate. I'd rather that than miss over the plate and them hit it over the wall.
ball glad hit home leave middle supposed
I just leave the ball down the middle for Schneider and he did what he was supposed to do. I'm glad he didn't hit a home run.
anytime bad bullpen capable chance gave guys hard hopefully mess option pitching releasing second sending situation stone work
I know what the situation is anytime I mess up. Hopefully it will never happen. But if I do something bad they have the option of sending me to the bullpen or releasing me. I know what the situation is. It's not set in stone yet. But they gave me a second chance to work hard and show these guys I'm capable of pitching in the big leagues.
forward looking
I'm looking forward to this. I'm looking forward very much to pitching.
envelope fighting happy pushed
I'm pretty happy with the way I threw. In Baltimore, I pushed the envelope a little more because I was a veteran. Over here, I'm fighting for a spot.
best chance choose job people spot starter strikes suited throw win work
He told me from the get-go to win a job as a starter I was going to have to come in and work hard. The only thing I can do when they give me the chance is to throw strikes and get people out. In the end they'll choose who's best suited for that spot and we'll see what happens.
giving home people runs season strike
If I can do that during the season without giving up the home runs and stuff, I'm happy. I look for one- or two-pitch outs. I don't like to strike people out.
bad ball bounce front good hits home plate
If I bounce the ball right in front of home plate and (Vladimir) Guerrero hits it out, it's a bad pitch. So, it's not a good pitch.
happy season start
If I had to go (into the season) with that, I would be (ticked). Going into the season with this start - you know - not that happy about it.
finish good happy until
It was good until the end. ... To give up that two-run-scoring double, I wasn't too happy about it. It's not how you start, it's how you finish, and I didn't finish good today.
ball instead keeping main percent time worked
The main thing is I worked on keeping the ball down in the zone, and 75 percent of the time I did keep it down, instead of 50-50.
almost ball blew downhill glad hit left middle supposed ticked until
I was all right until the seventh. It went downhill from there. I was pretty ticked off. I almost blew the whole thing right there. I left the ball right down the middle for Schneider and he did what he was supposed to do. He hit a double, but I'm glad he didn't hit a homer.
almost blew downhill seventh until
I was all right until the seventh and then I went downhill from there. I almost blew the whole thing.
ball flying needed shoulder somehow throw
I was all over the place. My shoulder was flying open. I couldn't throw the ball where I wanted. But when I needed to do what I needed to do, somehow I did it.