tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25739525.post-23219159681222934332008-07-07T22:17:00.003-04:002008-07-08T00:17:09.388-04:00<a href="http://www.delawareonline.com/blogs/uploaded_images/f2de11ad815b4dec99cfd5608063b4e8-748783-704185.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 3px 18px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.delawareonline.com/blogs/uploaded_images/f2de11ad815b4dec99cfd5608063b4e8-748783-704183.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Some of <strong>Brett Myers' </strong>thoughts after tonight's performance in Lehigh Valley ...</span><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"It was a heck of a lot better than last time. My velocity was a lot better and the location was a lot better. I got a little tired there at the end, but I tried to work out of it. I thought I threw it pretty well. I could tell a difference in the hitters' swings whether my fastball was good or not. I didn't need a radar gun to tell if it was good or not."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"I was trying to work on my fastball tonight. That was the plan. I had been falling in love with my other pitches and not throwing my fastball so I threw my fastball a lot more tonight -- like I used to in the past. The first outing it was like 50-50. This time it was 60 to 70 percent more fastballs than the last time. They said I hit 94 a couple of times with my fastball, so I'll go with that. Hopefully it will get up a little more than that the next time. Definitely my mechanics were much better this time and I felt better out there and stronger out there."</span><br /></em><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">... and his reaction to <strong>Brad Lidge's </strong>contract extension ... </span><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"I'm happy for him. Good for him. I'm here to get ready as a starter. That doesn't matter to me. I'm going to go out there and pitch. Whatever they want me to do -- and it's clear what they want me to do right now. It doesn't matter to me. I'm going to go out there and pitch. I like to compete, and I'm going to go on competing as long as I play this game."</span><br /></em><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We'll have more in Tuesday's <em>News Journal</em>. That's all for tonight. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Scott Lauber</div>Scott Laubernoreply@blogger.com