30 Quotes by Joe Blanton

Three inches here or there and a lot of those balls are caught. Sometimes you catch a break, sometimes you don't. Sometimes the (artificial) turf speeds balls up. I thought I made some pretty good pitches they did a good job of getting the bat on.

Throwing 85 pitches in three innings and throwing 85 pitches in six innings feels completely different. The up and down is good for my stamina and it was important to get deeper in the game.

We're going out and giving it all we have. It's just a matter of a couple breaks here and there.

I've definitely watched him over the years. It's neat anytime you get to pitch against somebody who has been around for so long and had such great success.

I want a win anytime. It's just big getting the first game in a place like this. Hopefully, it will get our confidence going.

(Street) has been tremendous. He looks so calm out there. He must have nerves of steel. I guess that's why we're confident he's going to get the job done every time.

You never want to get into a jam but it was nice because it's something I'll need to face once the season rolls around.

It's a tough place to pitch - especially tonight, the wind was blowing out to right-center. They have some big lefties in their lineup. It's almost like you know you will give up home runs here. You want to make them solo, not let a three-run homer beat you.

It's one of those where the other pitcher is getting a lot of attention, but I'm not facing him. I'm pitching against their lineup. He doesn't have anything to do with the way I approach the game.