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...
everybody guys hard listen looked situation talk
I'm in a different situation here. Look at the guys already here. Over there, everybody looked at me. It was hard to try to talk to young guys who didn't want to listen to you.
beer drinking guy health instead rehab stopped
I went to rehab for health reasons. I'm happy. I'm the same guy as back in the day, but I stopped drinking. I still go out with friends and have fun. But instead of drinking beer I'm drinking water.
bail defense guys time
Defense is going to bail me out a lot this year. I'll have to take some time to take those guys to dinner.
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.
rear strike throw work
I used to rear back and throw 99 and 'Here you go, I'm going to strike you out. And it didn't work that well.
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.
next
One at a time. The next one after one is two. It's not 10.
brought hit missing
I was missing down in the zone. When I brought it up, they hit me.
bases game gonna learn lose running
I'm gonna try to lose a little bit, because I'm gonna be running the bases more here, need a little more flexibility and quickness. I have to learn how to do it anyway. I never did it in my life. It's a part of the game and I have to know it.
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.
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.
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.
doubt season
Without a doubt, I would have been (upset) going into the season with this.