Baseball Interview of The Atlanta Brave's Peter Moylan

ChopTalk: What did it feel like to really throw hard this year after having Tommy John surgery [elbow ligament replacement] last May 8?

Peter Moylan: It was good. My intensity was pretty consistent, but my velocity picked up as I've gotten stronger. I've consistently been throwing around 90 miles an hour, which is where I ought to be at this time of year. I gradually let it rip as the spring went on. It was interesting throwing in Spring Training games, but I didn't feel any differently from when I had thrown the various bullpen and side sessions. Right now, I'm glad that I've made the team, and I'm really proud that I've worked hard to get here. The real intensity of emotion [will come] during the first game of the season.

ChopTalk: When did you know, 'OK, I'm ready?'

Moylan: It was about two weeks before the start of the season. I told a reporter that I was sick of reading that, "The Braves are hopeful Moylan will be ready for Opening Day," because I had a goal to be ready for Opening Day, and I think they did, too, but they didn't push me. It wasn't until I was consistently throwing in games and the rest time between throwing went from seven days to five to three, two, and one. Now I'm throwing every other day.

ChopTalk: Can you describe your disappointment in 2008 after all the success you enjoyed in '07?

Moylan: It was really rough. For about a week, I didn't want to think it was aChopTalkually happening. I would think, 'I'll just rehab and rehab, and it will be fine,' and we aChopTalkually did try to rehab for a few weeks [to avoid surgery]. By the time we eventually sat down together and said, 'OK, you're going to get cut,' I'd already dealt with it inside myself, so I was ready for it. But the first time I felt [the pain], I knew something was wrong.

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