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
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.
help
The expectations are here, they want to (repeat) again. I want to help as much as I can to do it again.
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.
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.
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.
confidence improved numbers year
I had an up and down year with Arizona, but the most important thing is I got my confidence back. I think I have improved from where I was. My numbers were not great, but I think I improved. Hopefully, this year I have a better year.
baseball best latin league national players pride puerto seen tournament
They've never seen so many big league players be in a tournament like this. And in a lot of Latin American countries, I think there's a lot of pride in baseball as a national sport. They want to see us representing Puerto Rico to the best of our abilities.
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.
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.
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.
glad trouble
I'm glad I could get out of trouble when I was in it,
stinks
I mean, what can you do? It kind of stinks that was the first hit. ... That's part of the game.
balls felt found trouble
I just battled out there. The balls just found the holes. I just felt like I was in trouble all night.