Eric Gagne
Eric Gagne
Éric Serge Gagnéis a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. Signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball as a free agent in 1995, Gagné began his career as a starting pitcher. After he struggled in that role, the Dodgers converted Gagné from a starter to a reliever, where for three yearshe was statistically the most outstanding closer in the game, winning the Cy Young Award in 2003. During that period, he set a major league record by converting...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth7 January 1976
learn mechanics step
It's not a step back, it's a step forward. When you don't do good, that's when you go in and make adjustments. You've got to learn from it, and you've got to know where your mechanics are and what you need to do to make that adjustment.
best describe fans feeling mean pitch words
The fans mean everything, ... The feeling I get when I pitch is amazing. It's the best feeling. Words can't describe it. The fans mean so much.
business hard side
I'm not bitter. That's the business side of it. There's no hard feeling, ... Now, it's going to be a different story.
time trying work
But I feel better than I usually feel at this time of spring. I'm just battling, trying to get some work in.
attitude control emotions knew major matter mental
I knew I had the mental attitude to be a closer, it was just a matter of doing it in the major leagues, ... As a starter, you have to be more relaxed, you have to control your emotions more.
arm cutting strength threw
I'm more loose. I threw everything. I'm cutting loose. I'm going all out. I just need to get my arm strength up.
ahead believing coming easy good rush second seeing spring sure throw throwing until week
It's easy for me to tell them I feel good, but for them to see it, seeing it is believing it. It should be really good for their confidence. I never throw like that this early. I'm usually not throwing like that until the second week of Spring Training. I feel great. I'm ahead of where I'd usually be, but I'm coming back from injury. I have to make sure I don't rush it. I need to see how it reacts as we get closer.
best division guys losing name pitching tough
It is tough losing the guys we did, ... But we have the best pitching in the division and pitching is the name of the game.
good-day bad-day different
I have good days and bad days, but they aren't much different.
real being-real defense
You have to be out there and have a mound presence. You have to be real aggressive and be real confident. You have to put the hitters on defense.
doubt trying want
You want to be as dominant as possible and you want to put some doubt in the hitters' heads. That's what I'm trying to do every single time I'm on the mound.
team hockey fighting
One thing about this game: It's really frustrating. In hockey, if you team's losing, you can start a fight. You can get your frustrations out.
real giving half
I'm me on the mound. I like to show my emotion, be real aggressive and give everything I've got for one half inning. I don't have to act. What you see on the mound is what I am in real life.
baseball hockey player
[In hockey] I was a goon, just protecting the better players. I've always been a better baseball player.