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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.