MLB WORLD SERIES: INDIANS v MARLINS

October 21, 1997

Jaret Wright

JARET WRIGHT: To tell you the truth, no, I don't remember too much about him. I saw a lot of guys out there.

JARET WRIGHT: I'm always okay the day before. When I come in tomorrow and I'm sitting on the couch in there waiting to go outside and warm up, then I could tell you, but I'm sure it will be right up there.

JARET WRIGHT: What that meant was you had to concentrate on what you were doing in Double-A and Triple-A to get here. And now that I'm here it's just gone really fast, and I'm just trying to take the little things in as I go. And in the off season, like I've said before, I'll sit back and really look at what's happened, and enjoy it probably to the fullest.

JARET WRIGHT: Maybe subconsciously, but it's not going to make my game any better, because there's a rookie going against me. I'm going to go out like I'm pitching against Kevin Brown or their ace. I've got to be on my game. And I think if I think about another rookie going against me, it might hurt more than help.

JARET WRIGHT: No reaction, just to get a game in the World Series, they tell you you're going Game 4, and so far it's been a great move. I mean Chad threw the ball outstanding, and it's just a great privilege to even get a game, so I'm happy.

JARET WRIGHT: I'll say after that start you looked at a lot of things that might have went wrong or whatever, but it was just the day after to maybe two days after and then you concentrate on the next game. It's a bad start, and I guess if I was going to have one, that was probably a good time to get it out of the way, hopefully, and come back tomorrow.

JARET WRIGHT: Are the Marlins going to see this? (Laughter.) It is full, very full.

JARET WRIGHT: I'll say advantages. I think I got a jump start on my career, being around the game and just messing around and throwing the ball around with my dad and stuff. Disadvantages, right now I really can't think of any because I'm here, everything is good now. But probably if I was having bad times I could probably blame a lot of things on growing up in a baseball family.

JARET WRIGHT: I'm going to try to stay out of comparing the two teams. It's the Marlins. There are similarities to every team, but you take the Marlins and you dissect them as the Marlins and you're not going to look at, well, this guy is like Palmeiro or something like that. Each guy is a different professional hitter and you've got to get them out that way.

JARET WRIGHT: I started in Akron at the beginning of the year it was freezing, so I have. You just put on your sleeves and the adrenaline does a lot of work to keep you warm.

JARET WRIGHT: You know, if we knew that then we could -- genetics, I don't know. My mom, she's a great athlete, and my dad, he was okay (laughter.) So I guess I just got lucky.

JARET WRIGHT: She could run. I've told this story before. We used to go in the backyard and have little races, and I couldn't beat her until I was about 13. So now we don't run anymore, because I can beat her.

JARET WRIGHT: Yeah, I think Mike let me stay in and get the job done there, and we made a change and ended up winning the game. That's why everybody is here, to either keep it close, if you're not on, keep it to three runs, keep it to four runs, until you come out, but, yeah, we won that game, so it was definitely a positive, I don't know, maybe for me, but for the team.

JARET WRIGHT: They've basically just told me to enjoy it, don't let the pressure -- there's going to be pressure, there's going to be nerves and stuff, but don't let all that stuff ruin it for you, where you don't have fun with it. And I could see how some veterans may not appreciate it, because I'm in this position now, and it just happens so fast where you don't know where to store it all. So hopefully in the off season you can put it in the right place and enjoy it.