Yankees reliever Michael King takes a break for some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby.
A: I definitely try to get a totally different personality. I generally think I’m a nice guy, very smiley, I love to laugh. But when I’m on the mound I want to be a dog. I want to make sure that the hitter knows my presence and sees my confidence, ’cause I always say that a hitter can smell blood in the water. And if he sees any doubt in my mind, I think he already has me, so I want to make sure that he doesn’t see that doubt.A: Oh yeah.
A: One hundred percent. I would say that I keep the same presence regardless if I’m in the zone or not. But if I’m not in the zone, I try to do a lot of breath work, like in through the nose, out through the mouth, I also do this thing, you’ll probably see it, especially if I throw a couple of balls in a row and I realize that I’m not attacking the way I want to, I usually fix my pant leg around my shoe.
A: I would also assume that Judge is from Mars because he is not from Planet Earth. His locker-room presence is just elite, he was a natural-born leader. When I first got called up in ’19, I was like, there’s not a single person in this locker room that even knows my name. And he stops me right as soon as I walk in the clubhouse and like daps me up and he said: “ ’Bout damn time!” Like finally getting called up. And it just made me feel so welcomed in the locker room.
A: Brady was the reason why I became a huge Patriots fan. I still totally root for him. When the Patriots got bounced from the playoffs, I became a Bucs fan for the playoffs.A: One, I love that he was not a high draft pick, and always kept that chip on his shoulder, ’cause I kind of put myself into that category. And then just his competitive fire. Watching him perform is awesome, and also seeing him perform under pressure is a thing I’ve always tried to strive for.
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