18 Quotes by Horacio Ramirez

We wanted to win today, get the magic number down to one. I felt good, but in the sixth inning I got the ball up a little bit.

When I came to spring last year, I was more concerned with seeing how my arm felt. I couldn't do what I wanted to do. My head is a lot more clear than it was last year.

I felt real good out there. I threw a lot of fastballs and the fastball was down. That's going to be a big pitch for me. I had to get the feel for it. Today was a good start.

I think it's a little different because we're opening up here. It's a little more exciting because it's the opening series. But last year was almost as exciting, because it was the first time I pitched in L.A. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow.

I threw 72 pitches and every one of them was strong. I'm right where I want to be. I had runners in scoring position but made some good pitches. I was able to minimize the damage.

Last year, I think I used to beat myself up too much after some bad starts. If I had a good one, I didn't give myself credit. I was always constantly knocking myself down. This year, I'm going to enjoy some games.

I was pretty frustrated the day it happened and the day after. Then a lot of the soreness went away.

We played sloppy. But it's one loss, whether you lose 20-0 or whatever. And we're going to be bounce back tomorrow.

When you face up against upper-echelon pitchers like Sheets, you have to minimize your mistakes. I made one, the location just wasn't good at that time. He (Lee) did a good job of keeping it fair.