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
against chicago next pitch sour thinking white winning
It doesn't take away the sour taste; we were thinking of winning the World Series, ... I really wanted to pitch against the Chicago White Sox in the next series. If it had been my back, I wouldn't have come out.
further great mouth pain season sour taste thinking win
It doesn't take away the pain I felt, the sour taste in my mouth about how the season ended. This is a great accomplishment but I still wanted us to go further as a team. We were all thinking about going to win the World Series.
definitely gives originally
It definitely gives a different feel to what the lineup originally was going to look like.
boy guy last rock stopped thinking throw village wall
I stopped being a village boy who thought he could throw any rock through any wall and started thinking about being a guy who could last longer.
crazy maybe
I thought maybe I wouldn't get it, ... A lot of crazy things went into my head.
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.
bullpen effort guys knew needed push saw
I saw the effort (Friday) by the guys in the bullpen and I knew I needed to push myself a little more.
discomfort staying top
Today, I couldn't even do that because of my back. Even staying on top was difficult. I was very inconsistent because of the discomfort in my back. I don't even know where I was mechanically.
I feel 100 percent. I will come prepared.
next
I feel a lot better right now just by making this start. I will make the next start.
means team winning
I don't want to think about it, but now I have to because I'm at 19. It is important to me and to my family, but it is also important to the team because it means we're winning games.
credit deny fact hung mechanics middle missing pitches thinking threw
I can't deny the fact that I was thinking about it, ... It was not mechanics at all. It was the fact that I hung fastballs and threw pitches right over the middle of the plate. I credit them for not missing my pitches.
added deny fact pressure
I can't deny the fact that I thought about it, but I don't think that added any pressure to me.