Javier Vazquez
Javier Vazquez
Javier Carlos Vázquezis a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He played for the Florida Marlins, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankeesand Montreal Expos...
ProfessionMMA Fighter
Date of Birth27 April 1976
coming four great help ourselves push team
It's great for me coming here to a new team and having four great starters. I think it's going to help every one of us to push ourselves a little more.
blessed four guys last year
It's awesome. We have four guys from last year that were just great. I'm just blessed to be here and to be a part of it.
good nice time
It's nice any time you have a lot of offense. What can you say? We have a good lineup.
baseball countries everybody excited games latin national players pride puerto seen states team united
In Puerto Rico everybody is so excited because they have not seen so many big-league players before. The Latin American countries take a lot of pride in baseball being the national sport. They want to see this because this is so unique. In the United States there are so many games and there is a team in every city.
arm crowd felt game good hearing home last special stunk throwing
I just felt better overall. My body, my arm felt better. It was special hearing the home crowd and throwing my first good game here. The last time, I stunk a little bit.
arm body both fastball felt good plate sides
I just felt better overall, my body and my arm felt better. My fastball was pretty good today. I was locating both sides of the plate with all my pitches.
bridge cross
We'll just cross that bridge when we come to it.
adding excited great heard jim job keeping kenny pieces team together traded trying white williams
When I heard I got traded to the White Sox I was really excited because I know they are a world championship team and I know they are trying to do it again. I know Kenny Williams has done a great job of keeping the team together and adding some pieces like Jim Thome.
help
The expectations are here, they want to (repeat) again. I want to help as much as I can to do it again.
angle arm instead stay tall tendency trying work
Just trying to stay tall and work downhill, instead of side-to-side. Sometimes I have the tendency to go side-to-side. I need to work downhill, that's the arm angle I have to have.
ball change curve good throwing
I was throwing everything, my fastball, slider, curve ball and change up. I was throwing everything for strikes. I made some good pitches, and got out of a jam.
aware thinking throw tough
I was aware of it. But I'm not thinking about it. It's too tough to throw a no-hitter.
fifth pitch
I don't like it. But what can I do? I want to pitch every fifth day and they know that, but it's not my call. I'm not the manager.
bunch favorite great national states team teams united
I don't think that right now you can say this team is going to be the favorite or this other team is going to be a favorite. A bunch of teams have great national teams. Obviously, the United States has a great team, and that's not secret, but I think we have a great team also.