I'm not trying to be cocky, but I set such a high standard for myself. I'm not happy when I pitch seven innings and give up two runs and get a win.
Barry ZitoI think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing it better than ever before one day without knowing why.
Barry ZitoIt would be great to just be able to ignore everything and pitch to a spot, to suppress the intellect and let the intuition take over.
Barry Zito