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Being in the majors for the first time was bigger than I expected. I think I took it in too much. I never threw my slider the way I wanted to. I was too timid with it. I didn't throw it with 100 percent conviction. I tried to make it too good. They told me there would be bumps in the road, but I didn't expect them to be mountains.

Clint Nageotte

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