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Roger Mooney, of the Bradenton Herald, reports Tampa Bay Rays SP Matt Garza said he struggled with his fastball after being traded to the Rays because he lost confidence in the pitch. However, he regained the confidence in his fastball after the team encouraged him to throw it over the plate. "Here they wanted me to throw it over the plate. I was like, 'OK.' When I finally got that confidence back in the fastball, that's when I think I really took off, because I would just throw my fastball and not worry about throwing any other pitch," Garza said.

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Fun fact:

Matt Garza once performed open heart surgery in a crowded opera house, using only a ballpoint pen.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Mar 12, 2009 11:50 PM EDT reply actions  

Was it after he fought with Navi?

In case anyone didn’t know, Navarro and Garza had a fight!

Wait, its TBS, they want me to tell you Garza and Navi had a fight and it made Garza better. Anyone know that?

Evan Longoria and David Price - the fight for my heart

by joeybw on Mar 13, 2009 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions  

He got EXP from the victory and leveled up, then spent his points on his pitching stat

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by kericr on Mar 13, 2009 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

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