Bartolo Colon
Bartolo Colon
Bartolo Colónis a Dominican American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. Nicknamed Big Sexy, he previously played for the Cleveland Indians, Montreal Expos, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and the Oakland Athletics...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth24 May 1973
CityPuerto Plata, Dominican Republic
ball elevated mound nice three
I elevated the ball when they got the three runs. But overall, I must say, it was a nice feel out on the mound today.
allowed goes grew raised
I grew up working in the hills, and it allowed me to be strong, ... It goes back to the way I was raised in the village.
early experiment good holding spot spring though
Right now, as in years past, I try to experiment with everything early and I feel like I do have everything right now. I'm not holding anything back. Even though it's early in spring I feel like I'm in a good spot right now.
aware company dad growing nolan talked
Me and my dad always talked growing up about Nolan Ryan, so I was very aware of the company I would be keeping.
arm feels felt good happened hope last time year
My arm feels good and I hope that continues, because I don't want to feel what I felt last year again. That's the first time that's ever happened to me.
cold execute felt physically weather
My back is fine; the cold weather had nothing to do with it and the way I felt physically had nothing to do with it. I didn't execute the pitches.
advantage bothered contact execute games high hit mistakes reason series strike today took
My back bothered me just a little bit. But the reason I got hit was that I was high in the strike zone. With their team, they've been making contact the first two games of this series pretty hard, and today they took advantage of everything that I made mistakes on in the strike zone. But my back had really nothing to do with it. I just didn't execute pitches.
third ticked
More than puzzled, I'm ticked off. I had two outs and I couldn't get the third one.
complete cut hold taught
More than anything, Mariano has taught me how to hold a cut fastball, and how to be a pitcher, how to be a complete pitcher,
complete cut goes hold learned love respect taught
I have a lot of respect for Mariano Rivera, ... I learned a lot of things from him. More than anything, I learned how to hold a cut fastball. Mariano has taught me how to be a complete pitcher. That respect goes a long way. I have the same thing to say about Pedro Martinez. I love them a lot.
bad embraced felt people played switching team thank traded
I felt really bad when I got traded because I was switching to a team I hadn't played before in a new league. But I want to thank all the people of Montreal, when I was there they really embraced me and made me feel very welcome.
felt seen
I felt a little nervous. I had never seen so many flags. Not just Dominican flags, but also from Venezuela. To me that was very, very beautiful.
ready
I feel good. Right now I feel as ready as any other season.
emphasis exactly finishing good looking three
This was exactly what I was looking for. It was good to come out of it nice. Working on three days' rest, I put more emphasis on finishing well.