Julian Tavarez
Julian Tavarez
Julián Tavárez Carmenis a former Major League Baseball pitcher...
division happen league looking national older past series spring wait year
This past year I couldn't wait to get to Spring Training, to get another shot, ... I'm not looking to be the division or National League champion. I am just looking to be the World Series champion. That's what I am looking for now with my older age. Hopefully, it will happen this year.
division expect forward looking second
We're looking forward to getting back out there for the second series, and we expect to do better than what we did in the Division Series.
ball came double facing ground guy looking since single thinking
I was thinking double play since I came from the bullpen, ... Facing a guy like Derrek Lee, I was looking for the ground ball, but I wasn't looking for that ground ball up the middle. To me, when that ball went by me, I thought it was a single up the middle.
along bad calm emotional fighting fights-and-fighting people teammates
I?m not a fighting guy. I get along with my teammates and everybody. When you?re on the field, things happen. People say ?you?re a bad guy, a very emotional guy.? They don?t see what kind of person you are, they see the reaction. I?m a very calm person, but when we?re on the field, little things like that get big.
along bad emotional fighting fights-and-fighting people teammates
I'm not a fighting guy. I get along with my teammates and everybody, but when you're on the field, things happen. Then people see you as a bad guy, a very emotional guy. I'm very calm, but when you're on the field, little things can go south.
against ball hand hit tried
I just went out there and tried to get a ball inside. It got away from my hand and I hit him. I've got nothing against that guy.
choice five hand numb pitch shots
It was my choice. I wanted to be able to pitch. They said they could give you shots to numb it and you'll be able to pitch and I said OK. The hand is fine, I still have five fingers, I just don't think about it.
city drive fans hard hours oh outside seen stadium town waiting
Oh my gosh, the town went crazy, ... I've never seen anything like that in my life. It was hard just getting in and out of downtown. There would be 40,000 fans outside the stadium waiting to get in hours before the game. You couldn't even drive in the city sometimes. It was crazy.
happened parking yelling
They were yelling at me. They were like, 'Let's go one-on-one on the parking lot.' I'm not here to fight, man. What happened has happened, and it's over.
brings great guys played skinny tape time tough year
Every time I look at the tape -- at how skinny and how little I was -- it brings back those memories, ... I played with some great guys that year in Cleveland. It's kind of tough to put it away.
gets hear punch throws whoever
You hear about whoever throws the first punch gets the win. That's what happened.
might parking wait
What happened, happened. It?s over. They might wait in the parking lot, not me.
came week
A week after I came from the Dominican, I wanted to go back because I didn't understand,
thank
I don't even know how to thank Jose Mesa for all that he has done for me,