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
country definitely great greatest knew playing
It was a great atmosphere. Playing for our country was definitely one of the greatest experiences that I ever had. I knew it was going to be very important, but it was definitely more than what I expected.
stinks
I mean, what can you do? It kind of stinks that was the first hit. ... That's part of the game.
everybody great seemed trouble
Everybody out there did a great job. It seemed like they weren't in trouble at all. They made their pitches. That was big for us.
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.
glad trouble
I'm glad I could get out of trouble when I was in it,
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.
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.
days doctor few lost past weak
I wanted to pitch. I thought I could pitch. The doctor said because I've lost a lot of fluids the past few days I was still going to be weak today, but I feel all right today.
bat good home seemed
It seemed like he just put the bat on the ball, ... It was a good pitch. Usually when I give up home runs, most of them are on mistakes. This wasn't a mistake.
atmosphere four great guys pitchers winning
Being with four other guys who are great pitchers I think is only going to help, and when you are around great pitchers and a winning atmosphere everything is contagious.
five guys pitch
There's other guys here and I know they want to pitch every five days, too, so it's not just me.
dropped market wholesale
The wholesale market for SUVs has dropped considerably.
defense felt few kept played
I felt good. I got in a few jams, but the defense played well and kept me out of it.
job losing winning
It's just disappointing to be losing all these games, man. It's really frustrating. We're not getting the job done and we're not winning games.