Javy Lopez
Javy Lopez
Javy Lópezis a Puerto Rican former catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Oriolesand Boston Red Sox. He batted and threw right-handed. He was named Ponce, Puerto Rico's Athlete of the Year from 1984 to 1987...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth5 November 1970
CityPonce, PR
blame cannot clean figured guess happening help issues order team
I cannot blame the team for what they did. They figured that this is what they need to do in order to I guess to, I don't know, not to say to help him out but just to clean up some of the issues that have been happening to this organization.
anyone bad ball barry expects hard hits pitch pitches sees swing swings
Vladimir hits the ball as hard as anyone in the league. He swings and hits bad pitches. He sees so many bad pitches, he expects a bad pitch every time. Barry is different because he will not swing at a bad pitch. But Guerrero hits bad pitches out of the stadium.
four help last three
We're all motivated. We're all positive. We help each other. If somebody's not doing it, the other one's going to back you up. That's what we've been doing for the last three or four series.
brought came catcher guess guy job last playoffs says tremendous
He's a guy I admire, and I guess he did a tremendous job with the Padres last year. As you know, the Padres haven't been in the playoffs for so many years. He came up and brought them (there), and that says a lot about what kind of catcher he is.
best catcher catching guy plays practice somebody teams work
I don't want to be a guy who plays for a lot of teams at the end of his career. Every year, I try to do the best that I can. If things don't work out, I will also practice catching and be ready. Somebody can always use a catcher who can hit.
ball call looking obviously passed time umpire wondering
Me and Tejada were looking at the umpire the whole time, wondering what kind of call he was going to make. We were wondering if the ball was out or (Erstad) got it in his glove. One umpire called an out, so obviously Tejada went back to first base. Then the other umpire said the ball was out. But by the time he made the call, I had already passed Tejada.
great knew
We all knew they had great pitching, ... but with our offense, we should have done better than we did.
listen mad
You better listen to Leo. You don't want him mad at you.
dropped highest lowest
It was like a roller-coaster. You went to the highest part and then dropped down to the lowest part. It was sad.
besides great happened last nobody sad wants
It's sad that nobody wants him. It's sad what happened to him last year. Besides what he did, he's a great guy.
deal gotta
It's just ... it's just, ... We gotta deal with it right now. That's all you can do.
acted game happened leave lose quietly
When we'd lose a game we acted like nothing happened, not the end of the world. We'd leave quietly and come back like nothing happened the day before.
advantage establish key pitch plan swing swung throwing tried trying
I think their plan was to swing early. I think they just swung on the first pitch to get on base. I was always trying to establish my fastball. They tried to take advantage of it. But for me the key is throwing strikes.
base few instead rally umpire
There were a few pitches, in my opinion, the umpire missed. That's when the rally really started. Instead of getting a strikeout, there was a base hit. There were a few like that.