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
There's a lot of things that go through your mind, like how long it's been,
You don't want everyone to think you're soft or that it's an excuse. It's tough on younger players.
This is what we wanted to do, ... We wanted to be part of something special here in Houston.
This is what we talked about for years and years, ... Obviously, this is a dream come true for us.
This is what we always wanted to be. I didn't want to put another jersey on, he didn't want to either. This is what it's all about.
Actually, it went better than I expected. I was a little apprehensive. I wasn't real excited when I saw it was a TV game. But it went OK. Tomorrow's going to be a big test for me to see how it feels.
No problem, no question about it, ... but let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.
I said I wasn't going to embarrass myself, and I felt like this was a joke. I don't have a problem with my work ethic. I don't have a problem with determination. But I can't control what's going on in my shoulder.
I wouldn't say I'm all the way back, I'm just pinch-hitting. I'm capable of doing that.
Just to get out here, get back on the field, I felt like it was a little bit of a trial camp today. I felt like I almost had to try and prove something, but yet I've got to sit back and say, 'No, I don't, I just have to get ready for April 1.
I swung at a couple of high fastballs, but I'm getting the bat head there. I just need to get the ball down a little bit. He's a guy that just comes in and throws hard. Whether you have 35 or 40 postseason at-bats, a guy throwing 100 miles per hour, it's not that easy.
I swung at a couple of high fastballs, but I'm getting the bat head there, ... I just need to get the ball down a little bit. He's a guy that just comes in and throws hard. Whether you have 35 or 40 postseason at-bats, a guy throwing 100 miles per hour, it's not that easy.
He's determined to play through whatever it is. Even if his life's in danger, he doesn't care. He just wants to pitch.
Hitting is no problem, the question is if I can make throws. I'll give it a try at first base in a game in about a week.