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
champagne chill five games script starting
Don't know, don't know. No way to tell. I'd like to say we'd be up five games and they'd be starting to chill the champagne right now, but I have no idea, ... There's no way to tell. That's why we have to go out there and actually do it. You can't write the script in this game.
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I was trying to shorten my stride up mechanically, and when you start taking the lower body out of it, you start putting a lot more strain -- the shoulder has to try to stop itself, instead of using the body to stop it -- and that's probably what happened,
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.
cover finally legs pitching ready realized worried
We finally got my legs fixed. I realized that you don't have to cover first 1,000 times to be ready for a season. I'm worried about pitching this year, and that's it.
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I tell you guys all the time -- I'm a bullpen guy. I don't wake up in the morning and go to the grocery store and tell everybody I'm a closer. I'm here. I'm a Boston Red Sox. That's what I am. Go out there and win a World Series, that's all I'm here for.
deal few maybe month next toward
Maybe I'm just getting old. I don't know what the deal is. A few years back I was a 90-93 guy, consistently. That's when I was dominating. That's where I want to be. Hopefully, over the next month or so we can get back there and keep working toward next year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.