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
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.
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.
ball behind falling guy paid strike swinging took underneath
The ball was just lifted. He got it up, got underneath it and took it. The thing about falling behind on Loretta, you fall behind 2-0, with a guy on first, I've got to get at least a strike there. He went swinging and we paid for it.
represent
I wanted to represent my country. It's an honor.
shoes ugliest ugly
They were ugly shoes, man. They were the ugliest shoes I've ever seen.
acting
It's a little payback. He was acting like he had 10 years in the league.
help job save sit team win
That's what my job is. To help this team win and save some games. But when they come, they come in bunches. When they don't come, they don't come for a while. You sit back and wait. We'll see what happens. I'll be ready.
early last lasted tone year
You've got to set a tone early. We didn't set that tone early last year and it lasted the whole year.
pay pitch
You pitch up there at this level, you're going to pay the price. It was my fault.
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.
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.
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.
great notice
He's got great personality. That's the first thing you notice about him. He's a great guy.