Ryan Dempster
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"Ryan Scott Dempster" is a Canada/Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers (baseball)/Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox. Dempster batted and threw right-handed. He was both a starter and a reliever in his career.

On April 22, 2014, Dempster was hired by MLB Network as a studio color analyst.

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I think absolutely we put too much pressure on ourselves (earlier). We'd be four games back and try to make up three games in one.

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It became one of those things out of necessity that I wanted to give it a shot and thought I could do a good job of it, ... I went down there and committed myself to doing it. I haven't really thought about starting because of it. I just went down there and said, 'This is what I'm going to try to do and do the best I can with it.'

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When you draw up a relay play, that's the way to draw it up.

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When I went down there, I thought that would be kind of a cool number to get to, but I didn't know how attainable it would be, given the period of time. It's fun, and hopefully I can tack a few more on here.

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It's funny, ... When it comes to the Cubs, it seems like he has the worst luck in the world. Fortunately for us, it meant a win. Unfortunately for him, it was another bad episode for or against the Cubs.

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My wife (Jenny) gets mad at me sometimes because I'm always cracking jokes, ... Sometimes I don't take things too seriously. But laughter is the best medicine. If you're laughing, life is better.

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It'd be nice if we could get to .500 and go from there.

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I try to take pride in leaving stuff behind. The next day I come to the field and yesterday's over with and today's what it's all about, and it's not about tomorrow. It's just about your task at hand. I think that helps in that kind of role. You've got to be able to forget the bad stuff.

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After starting the season in the rotation, and to go down there in May and have 30 saves, it's neat.

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