Coach calls me primadonna because I don't have that Friday mentality. With ace Ryan Carter struggling and Josh Karp being a freshman, the Friday position went to Brandt by default. I get in trouble late in game. You are supposed to go late to preserve the bullpen. There comes a point where you just hit a wall and run out of gas.
Every pitcher feels it but it is hard to come off that mound.
But by racking up 102 strikeouts, even after missing a few starts due to a sore shoulder, Brandt has become nationally renowned. So renowned that he was on the list of the original 30 invitees to try out for the USA Olympic team - an honor that was also bestowed upon pitcher Josh Karp and Bill Scott. I was surprised. I don't think of myself on a national scale and not even on a Pac-10 level. It is like being on the Dodgers for a day.