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
dad favorite feeling nolan player special talking year
When I was just a year old, my dad was always talking about Nolan Ryan, ... He is my favorite player of all time, so it is a very special feeling to do it as an Angel.
love pitch
I would love to pitch for my country,
imagine people scenery stopping time
You don't even imagine what the scenery is around here. People stopping by and honking their horns, ... It's been really, really crazy, crazy, crazy. It's the first time ever that we are celebrating something like this. ... There's going to be a lot of partying.
alex brand careful forward happened past whatever yankee
I have to be careful with Alex, obviously, but I think that whatever happened in the past with Alex is in the past, and I look forward to tomorrow. It's a brand new start. All of them are dangerous. To me, they're all cleanup hitters. That's the way I see the Yankee lineup.
against cannot credit hung hungry matter middle mistakes pitches threw
I hung pitches and threw fastballs right down the middle of the plate. I give them credit for not missing. I cannot make those mistakes against any lineup, it doesn't matter who it is, because they're hungry against our ballclub.
against bit compete forward good pitches seeing team woke
I'm the one that woke them up a little bit by making the pitches that I made. But I look forward to seeing them again, definitely. They're a good team and I like to compete against them.
middle wait
I want to pitch. We're in the middle of something good, and I want to keep contributing to it. That's why I want to wait as long as I can to make a decision.
came crazy fact maybe prevailing somebody thinking thoughts
After the season, yeah, I've been thinking about it a lot, ... And one of the prevailing thoughts was the fact that maybe I won't get it. Maybe it was going to go to somebody else. A lot of crazy things came into my head.
bit built confidence face game harder push red team time tough
Any time you face a team like the Red Sox , it does push you a little bit harder because they have a tough lineup. The confidence built as the game went on.
asked came close completing mike time
Any time you get that close to completing the game, you want to. Mike came over and asked me, 'How do you feel?' I was a little fatigued. He said he didn't want to take any chances.
five good knew pitch team
I knew I could pitch and get the team through five innings. I feel like I had good stuff.
knew time
I knew (Friday) around BP time that I was going to be able to throw,
effort fighting guys knew needed push saw throw time yesterday
I knew yesterday around BP time that I was going to be able to throw today. We're fighting for something here. I saw the effort yesterday by the guys in the bullpen, and I knew I needed to push myself a little more.
ball pick pinpoint rhythm
I really can't pinpoint any one thing or pick anything out. Body-wise and stuff-wise, I feel fine. My rhythm is off. I do feel sometimes I'm gripping the ball a little too hard.