7 Quotes by Paul Byrd about balls

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    I thought they were hot and I could have done a better job. I threw too many breaking balls and it cost me.

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    I think I figured it out, ... All teams that start with T give me trouble. Tampa, Toronto, Texas. But in all honesty, it's the way it goes. The balls I threw on the corners they hit and the ones over the middle they crushed. It's just one of those nights.

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    My change-up didn't show up until the fourth or fifth inning, ... I hung up a couple of breaking balls in that (fourth) one inning.

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    That's me, contact all over the place. Ground balls, fly balls, that's my game. More times than not, I'll take that. I'll definitely take that with the defense I have behind me here.

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    It wasn't until the fifth inning that I struck somebody out. So the balls were going to be flying around so it was important the way the guys gave effort and made plays.

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    They hit some balls hard but they were right at people. We're similar teams. It's a good match-up.

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    You want to give your team a good start and put balls on the corners. Sometimes it works for me, sometimes I give up a lot of runs.

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