Ted Lilly
Ted Lilly
Theodore Roosevelt "Ted" Lilly IIIis an American former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball. Lilly attended Yosemite High School in Oakhurst, California, and Fresno City College. He played in MLB for the Montreal Expos, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth4 January 1976
felt last pitch toughest trying year
No question, it was a trying year. Mentally, it was the toughest year of my career. I always felt like I could find a way to pitch myself out of a hole, and last year, I don't feel like I ever did that.
Really, my expectations were to just give us a chance,
catch last necessary needed prepare prepared ready realize start year
I think I realize how necessary it is to prepare for a long season. I thought last year I would be able to catch up and get myself ready to go to start the season. But I was just never as prepared as I needed to be.
couple face felt fun hitters shaky
I felt good, it was fun to out there and face hitters again. I was a little shaky the first couple of hitters but it got better.
fastball good liked location number
I would have liked my curveball to be a little sharper. I've been working on it this spring. The location of my fastball is good and that is my number one priority.
A lot of times, they feel that pressure.
games
Those are the games I love. They're like wars. I feel like if I win, I survive. If I lose, I die.
chances conscious definitely last normal springs sure worry
I definitely was more conscious of making sure I didn't take any chances on doing something that would set me back. I think the last two springs were kind of fluke-ish. At the same time, I'm more conscious of it, but I don't want to worry about it so much that I don't live a normal life.
hung main results won
I'd still like better results than there were (yesterday) but the main thing is we hung on and we won and that's nice,
ahead bit camp coming group nice prepared rest sooner throwing
It's kind of nice coming into camp and doing everything the rest of the group is doing. I started throwing a little bit sooner to get myself ahead and better prepared to come in.
It was a check-up. Nothing special. It was scheduled. I'm fine.
bit friday healthy improved liked pitching ready saturday since
I want to get ready for Friday or Saturday, Saturday would be optimum. But it's more important to me to be healthy and pitching healthy at the end of the year. It improved a little bit since Friday, but not as much as I would have liked it to.
good hitters pitch
You can't pitch around them every time. They're not the only two good hitters in their lineup.
injure main mound time
The main thing is, it's not something that I can injure any further. I'd like to get on the mound one more time before Saturday.