Jeff Bagwell
Jeff Bagwell
Jeffrey Robert Bagwellis an American former professional baseball first baseman and coach who spent his entire fifteen-year Major League Baseballplaying career with the Houston Astros. Originally, the Boston Red Sox selected him from the University of Hartford as a third baseman in the fourth round of the 1989 amateur draft. The Red Sox traded Bagwell to the Astros in 1990; the next season he made his MLB debut and was named the National LeagueRookie of the Year. The NL Most...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 May 1968
CityBoston, MA
We win that game, it changes the whole series. But the bottom line is, we didn't, and we've got to deal with that.
It was a little sore to start with, but the more I went, the better it felt.
Eventually, he and I are going to have to sit down and talk. When that is, we'll figure it out at some point.
Easier said than done, ... It's not like the guy is throwing soft toss to me. It's hard in those situations. I loved the opportunity, and I wish I had the at-bat over again. That's just not the way it is.
The team can't wait on me. They need to know now. I think I'll honestly know if I can or can't.
Towards the end of my career, I didn't want an opportunity like this to go by.
There's no other situation this would be OK. A normal guy, that wasn't going to play. It fit for our situation at the time. It's not something I would advocate. But Roger Clemens is a gift from the baseball gods. Anything he does is a gift. ... Craig (Biggio) and I have never had a ring. Our best opportunity to get one was to have Roger around. He tends to his obligations, his kids. And it's not like the man comes in here and pitches five innings and gives up six every day.
There's nothing really (doctors) can tell me. There are educated guesses of what's going on. I just need to rest a little bit.
There's nothing more we would like, ... than to get this city to the World Series.
That was probably the calmest I was the whole postseason.
I wish I could've done a little bit more.
It feels better as I do it. The key is during the course of a game, is it going to stay like that? Or at least that it stays the same, not regresses.
It feels like there is still something lodged in there, but it does feel better, and the guys who are watching say it looks a lot better. I've got a ways to go. I've got to be able to maintain my throwing throughout the spring training if I'm going to be able to play during the season.
You just know it. The group just believes in each other. It's a special group.