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
angels imagine people scene stopping
To do it for the Angels is very special. You can't even imagine what the scene is like here with people stopping by and honking their horns. It's been really crazy, crazy, crazy.
time
It's the first time ever that we are celebrating something like this. There's going to be a lot of partying.
behind forward hopefully looking next start
The next one is a start I'm looking forward to, hopefully to put this one behind me.
given great offense year
The offense has been great to me all year and given me great support.
arm build caused compensate compete fatigue losing pain quicker related throughout trying
It was more related to me trying to compensate for my back pain throughout the whole year. I started losing my arm slot. I think that caused the fatigue to build up a little quicker because I was trying to compete for this team.
matter
No matter what, it's going to be a big start,
fight joining means people perform pride
It means a lot to perform for all those people who have done a lot for your country. You want to fight to try to be like them in the future. We feel pride to have people like that joining us.
behind good needed team welcome
It will be welcome and a privilege, and I needed a good team behind me just to be a candidate.
answer days felt four knew longer miss next pain tough worse
It's been four days of pain in my back. I knew I could get through the fifth, but it felt worse the longer I was in the game. Right now it is very tight. It would be very tough to give you an answer if I'm going to miss my next start.
bend days five four good knew pitch pitches staying team top
It's been four days of pain. I knew I could pitch and get the team through five innings. I feel like I had good stuff. I was staying on top of the pitches because I couldn't bend over.
finger people vote welcome
It'll be welcome if I do get it. I can't put my finger on it because people vote for it, and I can't do anything else about my numbers.
feeling special unlike
It's a very special feeling to do it for one team, ... unlike what I did before.
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.
five runs
They got me five runs and that was enough.