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TRS: Which is more difficult travel wise-the multiple airport stops in AAA or the log bus rides from the Eastern League?
EA: I've been on enough long bus rides now that I've gotten used to them. The early morning plane rides are tough, but it's nice to get to where you're going a lot faster than the bus.
TRS: Your walk ratio went up a good deal from AA to AAA?
Is this the difference in hitter IE-taking more pitches or are the umpires more rigid in their strike zones?
EA: It's probably a combination thereof. A large number of the walks I had in Triple A this year were with first base open and a guy in scoring position. I worked around hitters more than I had before in situations that called for it.
TRS: Have you been using the same pitches as before or have you been working on an addition to the arsenal?
EA: I'm still throwing a fastball, slider, and splitter; but I started throwing a split change this year. I started throwing it because Greg Booker ( the AAA pitching coach) recommended that I throw it along with my splitter because my splitter doesn't spin.
TRS: How did you get the news of your promotion,where did you meet up with the Chiefs and was it difficult getting there?
EA: I was called into the office with Randy Knorr and Randy Tomlin after a game in Harrisburg and told I was being sent up. I met the team in Scranton, so it was a pretty easy drive.
TRS: Any interesting road stories from the 2010 season?
EA: A lot of the teams in AAA play in bigger cities than at some of the lower levels. It's been fun traveling around the east coast heading from city to city.
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