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Great city and great team; they're in the race. They want to win here, and that's what I want to do.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":35,"quote_text":36,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":37,"source":38,"quote_tag":39,"commentary":9},3647340,"It's pretty frustrating waiting for anything.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":41,"quote_text":42,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":43,"source":44,"quote_tag":45,"commentary":9},3647335,"My goal is to go out there, make every start.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":47,"quote_text":48,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":49,"source":50,"quote_tag":51,"commentary":52},3647330,"Repeating my mechanics was difficult. I was always trying to do something different to make it click.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\n\nDrew Pomeranz, the left-handed pitcher, is known for his unique pitching mechanics and versatility as a relief pitcher and starter. However, it's during his time with the Cleveland Indians (2014-2016) that he struggled to replicate his success from one outing to another, which may be relevant to this quote.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\n\nAt first glance, Pomeranz's statement seems straightforward - he was trying new things to get back on track. But upon closer inspection, it reveals a deeper struggle with the imperatives of repetition and innovation in performance-based careers. By saying \"repeating my mechanics was difficult,\" Pomeranz hints at an underlying tension between adhering to established routines (mechanics) and seeking innovative solutions to overcome obstacles.\n\n**How to Use This**\n\nThis mindset can be applied today by acknowledging that, as professionals, we often oscillate between the need for stability and the drive for improvement. To break through creative or performance plateaus, we must recognize when to trust our established processes (mechanics) and when to take calculated risks to innovate and adapt.",{"id":54,"quote_text":55,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":56,"source":57,"quote_tag":58,"commentary":9},3647327,"I was 11 years old and have the same curveball I have now. So I was literally striking everybody out. I always threw hard, and I was bigger than all the kids, so I would throw hard and throw that curveball, and no one could hit me.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":60,"quote_text":61,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":62,"source":63,"quote_tag":64,"commentary":9},3647322,"When you don't have one that you throw for strikes - they are good hitters - they can cancel out one pitch and go to another. Now I have four pitches. If one's not working, I've got three others. It makes the game totally different.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":66,"quote_text":67,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":68,"source":69,"quote_tag":70,"commentary":9},3647315,"Getting my curveball back and finding another pitch just helped me figure out how to pitch.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":72,"quote_text":73,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":74,"source":75,"quote_tag":76,"commentary":9},3647306,"After the first time I got traded - I was in the bullpen warming up for a game in Double A, and I got called back in and got traded - that was probably the, like, most crazy it could be. And once I got traded, the next time it got a little easier, and I got traded the next time - it's just part of it.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":78,"totalPages":79,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":80},1,5,10]