Jamie Moyer
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"Jamie Moyer" is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Over his 25 year career in Major League Baseball (MLB), Moyer pitched for the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers (baseball)/Texas Rangers, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, and Colorado Rockies. He was inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame/Mariners Hall of Fame in 2015.

At the time of his final game, he was the oldest player in the major leagues and had the most wins, losses, and strikeouts of any active Major League pitcher, and was likened to Phil Niekro. On April 17, 2012, Moyer became the oldest pitcher in MLB history to win a game. On May 16, 2012, he broke his own winning-pitcher record and also set the record for the oldest major-league player to record an Run batted in/RBI.

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To me, you have to play all 162 games, whether you are playing well or playing poorly.

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They put the pressure on you, so you just try to keep them from gaining momentum. But tonight I wasn't able to do that.

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I think it's all a coincidence. I've pitched some poor games here and got a no-decision. But just give me the ball. I don't care where I pitch.

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It seems like we've faced him 10 times, ... and he always pitches like this.

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If you make decent pitches to him, you give him respect because you know he'll swing at anything. You know he's going to put the bat on the ball. And if he can reach it, he will. The pitch was probably not necessarily where I wanted it, but he just as well could have popped it up, too.

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Guerrero is a great hitter, ... The pitch wasn't where I wanted it. But he still could have popped it up.

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I think I pitched OK. On these low-scoring games, you've got to take advantage of what you can get.

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