Our interview with former Pirate farmhand and current Dodger prospect Eric Krebs moves on to part two of five today.
I am hoping to be back later with another post.
TRS: Some thoughts on Hagerstown and its lovely stadium?
EK: Well I remember the locker room was very tiny and very cold. haha and the showers werent very clean.
TRS: Any remembrances of the Arctic like four game ice bowl series that Hickory played here?
EK: The game I pitched there was a good one. charting in the stands though I lost feeling in my legs. I remember our bullpen tried to start a fire out there that series.
TRS: Pitching in such awful weather,were you worried about injuring your arm?
EK: Nope not at all. just told myself to make sure I'm warm and stretch a lot
TRS: Do you think that your arm issues that occurred shortly thereafter could have been caused by pitching in that game?
EK: No. my arm injuries have been just tendinitis and no used to throwin ' that much and my mechanics put extra strain on it.
TRS: After you returned to the mound in 2007,you moved to the bullpen,did you like that move?
Or did you prefer starting?
EK: I loved the move. I prefer relieving. I like the adrenaline rush of getting warm quick and going in the game without knowing.
EK: Well I remember the locker room was very tiny and very cold. haha and the showers werent very clean.
TRS: Any remembrances of the Arctic like four game ice bowl series that Hickory played here?
EK: The game I pitched there was a good one. charting in the stands though I lost feeling in my legs. I remember our bullpen tried to start a fire out there that series.
TRS: Pitching in such awful weather,were you worried about injuring your arm?
EK: Nope not at all. just told myself to make sure I'm warm and stretch a lot
TRS: Do you think that your arm issues that occurred shortly thereafter could have been caused by pitching in that game?
EK: No. my arm injuries have been just tendinitis and no used to throwin ' that much and my mechanics put extra strain on it.
TRS: After you returned to the mound in 2007,you moved to the bullpen,did you like that move?
Or did you prefer starting?
EK: I loved the move. I prefer relieving. I like the adrenaline rush of getting warm quick and going in the game without knowing.
TRS: How did the Pirates talk with you about becoming a reliever?
EK: Just said I'm going back as a reliever. that was the quickest way to get me back there without staying in Florida longer to get built back up for starting again.
TRS: Were there any pitching coaches as you moved through the Pirate system that stood out as influential to your career in a good or bad way?EK: Most all my pitching coaches have helped me some way or another. I really like Bruce Tanner, Bob Milacki, Dave Lundquist, Dean Treanor and Wally Whitehurst.
Photo Credit-Ryan Heimberger
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