Jose Lima
Jose Lima
José Desiderio Rodriguez Limawas a Dominican right-handed pitcher who spent thirteen seasons in Major League Baseballwith the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgersand New York Mets. His best year in the majors was 1999, when he won 21 games for the Astros and pitched in his only All-Star Game...
culture game knows left relate somebody talking word
Sometimes you feel like they're not talking to you because you're Dominican. You don't want to use the word racist, but you want to have somebody in the game who knows our culture and can relate to us, and then we don't feel left out.
couple gave happened runs stay trying year
You know what, this has happened all year long, ... I gave up a couple runs in the first inning. I was trying to stay away from the big inning. I'm trying to be, probably, too fine.
ball good guy hitter hurt seeing trash
Mauer was the guy who hurt me. He's a good hitter and right now he's seeing the ball like it's a big trash can.
start year
This year has been like a nightmare. It's been real tough, every start hurts.
losses three tough
It's not three losses in a row. It's 15 in a row. It is painful. It is ugly. It hurts. It is tough on everybody.
focused job last stay
I've just got to do my job and stay focused like the last game.
until wait year
It's been like this all year round, ... Sometimes you just can't wait until it's over.
wrong
It's embarrassing. If you don't feel for this, something's wrong with you.
hard
It's even hard to go to the bar.
booing deserve lost people sorry toughest
It's 19 now? Wow. I feel terrible, because I have pride. This is really tough. I know people are booing us, and we deserve to be booed. We've lost 19 in a row. ... I don't want to come here every day and think we're going to get a whipping. You want to feel sorry for yourself. This is the toughest thing I've been through in my life.
playoff stay stuck together took tough win winning
This win is like winning a playoff game. We're a young team, we stuck together and took it like a man. It's tough to stay tough, but we did it.
league major
They're Major League hitters. You make a mistake, they make you pay.
At least I tried. I'm not mad. I don't make the decisions.
arm feels testing
They are testing me to see how my arm is. My arm feels good.