Josh Towers Quotations

I guess I haven't learned my lesson yet, that I can't control it.

(Phillips) is fighting for a job on this team and I'm glad I got a chance to throw to him.

I feel like I've definitely improved each year.

I felt I had better control except for the last inning when everything went belt high. I think I located the ball a little better than the last time.

He's a big kid with long arms. I don't think he got it off the end of the bat. It had to catch a little barrel. But he's a big boy, a strong kid.

We made some good pitches in the first, just not good enough. They scored another run in the fourth that was the game-winner. So as much as we settled down, we still gave it back up to them.

He could be the Rookie of the Year. He should be here a long time.

My personal opinion is I will never as long as I have a vote, vote for a guy who doesn't play both sides of the field,

(Pat) Hentgen used to tell me: 'You can't control wins and losses, you can control what you do'. That's why I think for a lot of veteran guys they understand how important it is to throw a lot of innings, to get 200-plus innings,

I will never . . . vote for a guy who doesn't play on both sides of the field,

Man, Travis is good. He's got power to all fields. He might not get as much hype as David Ortiz or guys like that. He's been kind of been hiding in the AL Central. But he's well known to us pitchers.

I think just being who I am and the way I have always looked at things and the way I got to the big leagues, always trying to prove myself ... now it's a part of me and the only way I know how to go about my business.

I thought I located my fastball pretty well. I made some mistakes, but for the most part I think I did pretty well. If I can throw like I did today, then why can't I do it in a week? We'll find out down the stretch.

I think I threw more strikes than I got credit for. I was around the zone a lot. I definitely got my work in.

Those just happened to be perfect mistakes for those hitters. Those two home runs, they aren't very good hitters. Nothing for nothing, but they are hitting .240 for a reason.

That's the one I was the most proud of from last season. Even when I was going through it, I knew it was kind of cool. I'm being consistent and I'm giving the guys a chance to win. That's what any pitcher wants.

When a pitcher has an ERA under 4.00 in this league, that's really good, ... To be this late (with his ERA) and to have 180-plus innings and an ERA under 4.00, that's all new territory for me.

When I was back with Baltimore, Sidney Ponson used to tell me that you can't control wins and losses but you can control 200 innings, ... Now, I'd like to get that.

We were in a good position going into the ninth, and then we had our closer out there.

You can't blow leads. I blew two and we blew four.

After a couple of guys got on and they scored, I put a little pressure on myself to really get them out. I think I started to overthrow it slightly.

A lot of people won't do that. It helps me to be a lot more confident and takes a lot of pressure off me.

After the second inning, I think I turned it around. I think I was rushing, I was definitely leaving the ball up a little bit. . . . You elevate the ball and they're going to hit it.

I need to start getting some people out and helping this team.

I'm just trying to out think myself, I think. Then, when you do fall behind and you're not locating the ball well enough, it's always good news for the hitters. I'm frustrated right now.

I just need to stop giving up runs. I don't need to rebound from anything. I just need to stop the other team from scoring.

Hopefully, I can concentrate on what went well. I felt like I located the ball well with a couple of exceptions.

Hopefully I can go out there and concentrate on what went well. I felt I threw the ball a lot better today, was more in control of what I was trying to do.

Hopefully, I go out there and just concentrate on what went well today. I felt like I located the ball pretty well with a couple exceptions. I'll try to concentrate on that and not think about this. This is in the past already. Let it be gone.

The two home runs -- those aren't good hitters. Nothing for nothing, but they're hitting .240 for a reason. But they're like any other Major League hitter. You make a mistake, they're going to hit it hard.

The two home runs, those aren't very good hitters. Nothing for nothing, but they're hitting .240 for a reason.

The umpire talked to me and said (the pitches) were very close, they were just a little off. After the second inning, I think I turned around and discovered a little something I was doing wrong. I think I was rushing and I was definitely leaving the ball up a little bit.

It just got bad. The tough part is I gave up a four-run lead. It was just a poor turnaround and bad effort on my part.

It's all about winning with me, ... I want to go out there and win. I realize I'm throwing the ball pretty well and I'm strong at the end of the year. But when the season's over and I sit on my couch I'll look back and if things finish out like they are, I'll feel pretty good about myself. But I can't sit and look at it now because the wins aren't getting done.

They don't go through the grind other guys go through defensively, diving after balls, chasing balls. If you make an error, it might affect you but if you're a DH, you don't go through any of that. You just hit. As good a hitter as he is, and he's one of the best, no question, I could never vote for a guy who doesn't do play defense.

They don't go through the grind others do defensively, diving after balls, chasing balls, if you make an error how it might affect you next at bat. If you're a DH you don't go through any of that. You just hit. So as good a hitter as he is, and he's one of the best in the game, no question, I can never vote for him. That's all.

It's a big number for a lot of starting pitchers, ... No. 1, it means that you've made all your starts. Second, it shows that you're able to pitch late into games.

It shows consistency, so I'm happy with that.

It looks like a halfway decent line but the fact that I made four mistakes and they jumped all over them for extra-base hits, it's just not acceptable. Those home runs were not acceptable, bad pitches in great counts for me.

I could never vote for a guy who doesn't play defense. They don't go through the grind other guys go through defensively, diving after balls, chasing balls. If you make an error, it might affect you, but if you're a DH, you don't go through any of that. You just hit.

How many times are you going to battle back? Sometimes when they give us a lead we got to keep it or at least give them an opportunity to get us one and I haven't been doing that.

If he was Superman, ... he'd play defense.