There is no more pressure on me because that’s where I expect to be. It’s where I’ve prepared to be my entire career. If you think of yourself as an elite pitcher, you have a chance to become an elite pitcher. If you don’t, you won’t be. I expect that of myself. I don’t think it should come across as cocky. You can only be as good as you think you can. If I want to be the best I can be in this game, I have to want to be the best.
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Adam Wainwright on his status as an “elite pitcher” (via brighteryellow) |
… he has a little more fun than the rest of us pitching.
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| — | Chris Carpenter: Why Wainwright Should Win |
The Cardinals battery of catcher Yadier Molina and pitcher Adam Wainwright today won Gold Glove awards for fielding excellence.
Molina, who was a first-time All-Star starter this season, won the catcher’s Gold Glove for the second consecutive season.
Wainwright becomes the first NL pitcher to win the Gold Glove in the post-Greg Maddux era.
Cute little montage here via the official Cardinals twitter feed.
(via brighteryellow)
1) Wainwright leads the league with 18 wins, after earning his latest victory with seven shutout innings in Milwaukee on Wednesday afternoon.
2) Wainwright leads the league with 205 innings. (Carpenter is third on the Cardinals at 166 2/3 because of time spent on the disabled list.)
3) Wainwright hasn’t missed a start this season because of injury; Carpenter and Lincecum have.
