Jose Contreras
Jose Contreras
José Ariel Contreras Camejois a Cuban professional baseball pitcher for the Tigres de Quintana Roo of the Mexican Baseball League. He has played in the Cuban National Series, Major League Baseball, and internationally for the Cuban national baseball team...
enjoy family few later missed phone sad share talk victory
This is one of the few times when I haven't missed Cuba. I know after this I'm going to feel a little sad because my family hasn't been able to share this victory with me, but later I'll talk to them on the phone and they'll enjoy it, too.
beginning game knew left lose luckily pitch point runs three
This is the beginning of every important game left in the year. I knew that. We can't lose from this point on. Luckily I got three runs and I could pitch more comfortably.
beautiful cares everybody great happening nobody stays
This (demonstration) is great because nobody cares about what's happening (with the bill). It's a beautiful thing, as long as everybody stays calm.
bothering break confidence cooper gave hard mental pressure rumors stuff took trade tried work
After the All-Star break there were trade rumors that were bothering me, ... But Ozzie and Cooper gave me the confidence and took the pressure away from me and I tried to work as hard as I could with my stuff and my mental state.
ball rest stay strike zone
The most important thing to me is to stay healthy. If (I) stay healthy, the rest will come. (I) can keep the ball in the zone and strike batters out.
both fair focus glad rid rumors season trade
I wanted to get it done before the season started so I could focus on the season and get rid of any trade rumors that would come. We've been working on it all spring, and I'm glad it got done before the season started. It was fair for both parties.
call might stepped
You might call it lucky, you might call it great, but we stepped it up.
bit good knew work
It was a little bit of a motivation, but I never let it get to me, ... I knew if I work hard, good things will happen.
lost time win
I don't feel that I am the lost stopper on the staff. I just feel that every time that I go out, I can win the game.
good roger
Me and Roger had a very good relationship,
change double might plays season talking turned
But we've turned double plays all season long and can't change anything you've done this season. If we turned that double play, we might be talking about something different.
cooper due last patience since success year
My success is a lot due to Cooper and the patience he's had with me since last year and through the first half,
believed confidence gives language manager since speaks walked
Since the first day I walked into the clubhouse, everyone believed in me and had confidence in me, ... Even the language barrier. The manager not only speaks Spanish, he's my friend. He gives me a lot of confidence.
believed everybody since walked
Since the first day I walked into the clubhouse, everybody believed in me,