Inside Pitch - Joey Gathright

Paul Byrd takes the ball for the second time this season this is the Herb Chambers on the pregame show. Byrd shut out the Blue Jays and just three hits over six innings for the win in his 2009 debut that came last week at Fenway Park. This will be his sixteenth career start against the White Sox is 83 lifetime with a -- just under four and half. 34 year old right hander Freddy Garcia is about to make just his fourth start of the year so far 012 -- era near six at Fenway last week. Garcia allowed three runs over six in the third earning you know decision. Time now for the inside pitch which is brought to you by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care to learn more about Harvard Pilgrim Health Care visit Harvard pilgrim dot award. -- Red Sox outfielder Joey Gathright with joke a stately old.

When Joey join the Red Sox is stolen base your first two periods as a pinch runner and the it's often running. Game. Them for the common human -- know get up there and do it syndicate the opportunity. When -- do just do. It has to be a lot of pressure in that role because. You have to be successful you're only out there for one thing when you are -- as a pinch runner. Yeah I mean you just gotta be prepared for needle in you know towards the seventh night. It's it's going to -- games yet to be loose and he prepared to get an idiot what do you do in terms of getting ready physically and also what. In trying to figure out who the pitcher will be into the catcher's. What you and so when guys -- reputable went -- you can see it's -- most the time you can't you can't get a gauge that bullet. Most of the time on indicate are -- in the dugout searching not such a pretty much throughout the okay just stay loose and it's normal. What changes so. You have plenty of things you can do to get loose and statements. We've been a lot more than just a runner in your career you've been pretty good here -- days with the Tampa Bay. In Kansas City and we see you working out every day in the case yeah. I've been known for speed my whole career and that's not a bad thing being known for but also when you know it -- this year and I wasn't a lay out -- So you that I can do things that are needed to be need to be done to -- here every day. And your left hand hitter. Do you use this -- slap the ball to the shortstop for drag a -- now and then. So do it's out of the bottle outside and comfortable rights. Also on the left side also. Probably Larry when I'm able to do. And what should you don't want to pitch on pool balls -- Others feel legends about you out there were already first that you didn't play much baseball that's not true you to a point to write this article Sixers all mean we don't have much. Facility as a -- field in Mississippi would. You know hopefully in my entire life. -- Holler. How got mixed them would have always played and how about the the it's that we jumped over card work boots. That is so.

I don't know why did that it was as a senior year or sophomore year high school when Nomar mom's. Hat on temelin boots and then you and it's. And I -- Coast Guard you know some. I probably wouldn't do now little older but I was young and willing to trust them but there. No fear -- softly regain some time so all the time so the other governments get to do much we always of interest in the subject. Well that's it just the end is is baseball used to be a staple down there in that neck of the woods is it coming back. Not not really where I'm from baseball's it's not a sport animals people play medium high school yet. -- take us the most there some place and Gaza aid kit and using that baseball already is nobody's totally they mainly football -- basketball player. You know wish more people -- it's one game I grow blows and it also problem football so you can Love Boat and end up playing one. You went back to a triple -- the sheer. How did you try to benefit from that experience that you have been in the big leagues since pretty much you know four. It was different. When -- Chicago earlier this year in. And get. The opportunity I want it and the best -- on it so it was kind of arts stage ready to go. The funny thing is two days before. I got traded -- we talked about thirty minutes. It took me to educate themselves things go wrong. And it's kind of ironic that two days -- got sent to let it go learn those things an excellent applied to a game. -- credit positional mile things that need to work. This year and when I got down knows all the injuries ago so yet by you feel a lot better prepared to to be here now. Yeah I mean I'm excited to feel like learn everything. Not needed to learn a lot about myself in my game let -- should be Manama them. How tall you. Oh we both say I've gotten up but was this. I you have to watch you back to back with Pedroia. I don't know installed him promising me that was about the home run hit the vaguely. That was fun stuff and there are things and that is Zia and candidacy the way I was born as -- about what else August Busch. DiMarco -- and there except. Well maybe you and Jacoby Leach get inside the park homer waiting to see that if that doesn't happen today. Area for the Red Sox history somehow we in the same game people -- amazing. Why do we wish you the best in the used to the of the club a lot of options come the final month this season and maybe in post season and hopefully we'll see what. Wish you the best thanks for joining thank you -- gap thread I guess those go back to John.

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