Keith Foulke
Keith Foulke
Keith Charles Foulkeis a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. A graduate of Hargrave High School in Huffman, Texas, Foulke attended Galveston College and Lewis–Clark State College. Between 1997 and 2008, he pitched for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians. Foulke was an All-Star in 2003 and he earned the final out of the 2004 World Series...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth19 October 1972
pick
You pick your poison, you better have the right antidote.
deals earn stuff together
The Sox won. That's always my first concern. It's one of those deals were, hell, when I get my stuff together and I go back and earn the spot, so be it. As long as we win, that's all that really matters.
bad fell half hurt lower pitch point trying
My lower half was not there. At times it was like I was trying to pitch stiff-legged. Physically, I fell into some bad habits, and that hurt my arm. It got to a point where I wasn't even a big-league pitcher.
continue enemy fight fought learned next public rest season top winter
One season I was to the top and the very next season I was Public Enemy No. 1, but I learned about myself. I'm going to fight. I fought all winter to get back. I'll continue to fight for the rest of my career.
arm ball behind carry couple feels life throw
My arm feels better now than it has in probably a couple of years. I can throw the ball now, and it's got some life and some carry and some zip behind it, and that makes me happy.
body dark feels focused life personal ready side
I'm a lot more focused this year. I got a lot of things off my mind. The personal life is kind of straightened out a little bit. Sometimes you see the dark side of life, there's only one way to go, and that's up. I feel a lot better right now. My body feels better, and I'm ready to go.
happy
If I said I struggled, that was the one thing I wasn't real happy with, was command.
bone bones constantly daily felt heal irritating itself quit rubbing time
Now we just have to let the bone heal itself and quit irritating it on a daily basis, ... Before I got off the mound, it felt great. The bones constantly rubbing on each other, it didn't give it time to heal.
bending far knee left leg smaller
It's probably on a much smaller scale, ... I do everything off my right leg now, as far as bending it. It's still uncomfortable at times, but it's not what the left knee was.
closer couple major mound saturday
It's one of those things where a couple of more times on the mound will help, ... Saturday didn't go very well. (Sunday) I went out and made some major adjustments and I'm closer to where I want to be.
definitely good nice pitch
It was definitely nice to pitch good today. Hopefully, I won't get booed Tuesday.
longest months seven
It was the longest six, seven months of my life. It was draining.
ourselves roll
We're not going to roll over. It's unfortunate that we've put ourselves in this situation. But we're not going to give it to them. We're going to go out there and fight, fight, fight.
breaking equipped failure handle sitting throwing
I'll never be equipped to handle failure. I'll come in kicking, screaming, throwing stuff, cussing and breaking stuff. I don't handle failure well at all. The day you handle failure too well is the day you should be sitting on the couch.