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
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.
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.
credit fact hanging happened middle missing pitches though throwing
Even though I do feel a little stiff, I did not feel any pain, and my back had nothing to do with what happened tonight, ... Mechanically, I was fine, but the fact was that I was hanging pitches and throwing fastballs down the middle of the plate. I give them credit for not missing them.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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,
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.
care days feels four last massage tight
It feels very tight. The last four days it's been getting real tight on me. Massage should take care of it.