Chris Widger
Chris Widger
Christopher Jon Widgeris a former Major League Baseballcatcher. He played in MLB from 1995-2006 with the Seattle Mariners, Montreal Expos, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles. He is the current manager of the Camden Riversharks...
start
I can live with that start 35 times a year.
last starts tried wipe
He just tried to wipe the last two starts out, and he went out there and tried to start over.
game home meaningful opportunity sat series sink situation until
I had an opportunity to play in the World Series and actually play in a game and get meaningful at-bats. To be in that situation . . . it didn't sink in until I got home and sat down.
bats swinging throwing
It was a combination of us not swinging the bats and he was throwing it well.
bats hot playing ran red swinging team
It's disappointing to not get this one in. We ran into a red hot team that's swinging the bats well and they're playing well at home.
both normally period
They'll both be OK. Right now they're both going through the dead-arm period that they would normally go through in the spring.
best family far hope next
As far as him quitting, I hope not, I'd like to come back here next year, but he has to do whatever's best for him, best for his family and best for his health.
good realize
You play with him and you realize that it's all part of his fire. You take the good with the bad.
ball barrel hit ninety
Ninety nine times out of 100, there's no way I even put that ball in play. Somehow, it hit the barrel of my bat. I don't know why I hit it, or how it happened.
noticeable
Oh, yeah, it's been noticeable for a while now,
changed happy loose month
It's been about a month that he's changed on the bench. He's not as loose and happy go-lucky as he was but, hey, that's the way it is.
change excited few five gets pitchers spoke strung together
There were 26 the other day when he spoke to pitchers and catchers. He spoke for five minutes. He was doing well, and then he strung together a few at the end. He gets excited and animated. He's not going to change because that's what makes him who he is.
baseball enjoyed forget playing time winning
Forget winning the World Series. I enjoyed playing baseball for the first time in a long time.
freaky happen
It's one of those freaky things that happen. It'll probably never happen again.