Aaron Cook Quotes

• We needed to pick it up. We needed to come together as a team and find some team chemistry, not just be individual players.

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• Everybody’s finding their roles. It’s like the pieces of the puzzle are coming together for us.

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• We got the chemistry thing going. Now, we’re on a roll.

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• (Wells) doesn’t have the same thing I had, but it was still good talking to him. He seemed pretty comfortable with his situation.

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• My last two games before this one were a little rough. I might have had a little dead arm. I’m not sure. I really had all four pitches working. It was nice to get that going heading into the season. Hopefully it carries over.

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• He has instilled this, ‘this is who you are, stick with it, be stubborn with it’ approach. The sinker was working great. As long as I don’t try to do too much with it, it is always there.

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• When I face a left-handed lineup, it narrows down what I have to accomplish in that game. It simplifies my game plan.

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• I made a couple bad pitches, but I’ll take this and build off it.

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• I made a couple of bad pitches, got the ball up and cost us a couple of key runs, but overall I felt pretty good, felt strong. Hopefully, I can take this, build off of it and take this to the next game.

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• That’s just a situation where you’re looking to take advantage of their aggressiveness. One time in a hundred it may work and today it saved us a run right there. It may not work again the rest of the season but it did today.

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• I got one pitch up to him. I didn’t get the fastball in enough.

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• It’s just one of those days. The offense didn’t produce today, but I’ve gone out there those days where I’ve had seven, eight runs to work with and blown that. It’s definitely a team effort. We’ve got to pick ourselves up and come back to the park (today).

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• I made some pitches I shouldn’t make, but I got out of some situations. The key thing is winning. I’d rather have an ugly win than a well-pitched loss.

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• I’ve been in games where I had seven, eight runs to work with and blew that. This is a team effort.

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• Today, my best wasn’t enough to win the game. At the end of the day, you’re not saying, ‘I went out there and battled and only gave up one run.’ I’m mad at myself that I gave up the home run.

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• I got that one pitch up to Howard. I didn’t get in enough. I know I could blow him up if I get the ball in, but I didn’t.

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• I learned how to pitch better and how to compete better. I had a little slower velocity and learned how to throw my change-up for strikes when I needed to. That was a big help. It was something that I needed to go through.

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• These guys are all better hitters than we’re going to face in the season, so it helps me work on a few things. You see these guys on TV and you really want to get them out, but they’re a little bit better than me.

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• I know the situation and would be happy to talk with him, but I’m not going to call him out of the blue. If he has questions, I’d be happy to answer them.

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• Once the doctors told me I was healthy, I knew it was just a matter of time before I was able to get back out there and compete for nine innings. I knew I would be back.

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Aaron Cook (30)

Birth:	8th February, 1979
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Baseball Player

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