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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
glad trouble
I'm glad I could get out of trouble when I was in it,
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.
stinks
I mean, what can you do? It kind of stinks that was the first hit. ... That's part of the game.