Eddie Guardado
Eddie Guardado
Edward Adrian Guardadois a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher and current bullpen coach. Throughout his career, Guardado had played with the Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds, and the Texas Rangers. He was named as a bullpen coach for the Minnesota Twins in 2014...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth2 October 1970
CityStockton, CA
almost bad cost felt pulled teammates
One bad pitch, it's frustrating. But I felt great, like I did in Boston, and look what happened. I cost the team, I almost cost the game. But my teammates pulled it out, and you know what? I'm not worried. I'll be fine.
ball behind blew fell played strike
I fell behind 2-0 and had to get a strike there. The ball was not where I wanted it, no doubt. I just blew it. I blew it. We played big today.
guys teach
Now, that's what I try to teach these guys in here.
acting
It's a little payback. He was acting like he had 10 years in the league.
game name picking
That's part of baseball. You're going to have those days. The name of the game is picking each other up.
deal felt playing thinking
In thinking about it, I felt I'd be better off not going over and playing in the WBC. I've got a lot to deal with here.
guys
He's one of those guys who comes around every 20 years.
games types
I didn't do my job. These types of games hurt.
everybody gates says
We've got to come out of the gates and show that we're for real. Everybody says it's not how you start, it's how you finish. Yeah, that's true. But you've still got to set a tone.
couple pitchers ready throw
There are a lot of pitchers who need to throw 100 pitches. But that's not me. I just need to throw some fastballs, a couple of sliders, a couple of splitters and I'm ready to go.
coming gonna good guys job played playing tough
I think we played good baseball. Especially coming in there and playing these guys as tough as we did in their atmosphere. I just didn't do my job today, but I think we're gonna be all right.
ball came flew knee last throwing timid worried
Last year, I was so worried about my knee and my shoulder. I was kind of timid throwing the ball. This year, I just came in and the ball flew right out of my hand. I feel real good.
batting feeling last league mostly pitching practice routine season trying year
Last year I mostly only pitched bullpens and batting practice. I went into the season without pitching in a big league game. But I was feeling great. So we're trying to keep the same routine here.
easier focus kevin ready season
Kevin said that in a way, he was glad. It would make it easier to focus on getting ready for the season in Seattle.