Larry Walker
Larry Walker
Larry Kenneth Robert Walkeris a Canadian former right fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1989 through 2005, Walker played for the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies, and St. Louis Cardinals. He announced his retirement after Game 6 of the 2005 National League Championship Series...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth1 December 1966
CityMaple Ridge, Canada
aside injury reminded thinking time
Usually with every injury you put it aside and you just go out and do it. The only time you're reminded is if you do something you're not able to do and you feel it, but I won't be thinking about it, it'll be another game.
body neck next simple time tried truck wood
I tried to do something as simple as unloading some wood from my truck and the next day I was in a neck brace. I'm not going to put my body through it. My time is up, unfortunately.
time
Any time you get to contribute, it's a blast,
complete face great hard imagine means point quality saturday somebody stay time unless utter
Any time you stay away from somebody of that quality it's great because you don't have to face him, which is hard to do. It means that the game's out of hand. ... I imagine we'll probably see him at some point on Saturday unless it's a complete and utter blowout.
certain felt miss quit time
I'll miss it to a certain extent, but I've always said when the time comes (to retire) I would know it and I'd quit doing. I felt like this was the time.
deal roy
We have to deal with Roy first and foremost.
heard people shut
I've never heard 43,000 people shut up so fast. The only thing you could hear was our bench.
barely heard next noise people shut
I've never heard 43,000 people shut up, just like that, in my life. One second, you could barely hear in here. And the next second, all that noise was gone. And the only noise you could hear was on our bench.
heard people shut
I've never heard 43,000 people shut up just like that.
heard noise people shut
I've never heard 43,000 people just shut up like that. The noise just ... wasn't there.
barely heard noise people quiet
I've never heard 43,000 people get so quiet so quickly, ... You could barely hear and then boom, the only noise you heard was our dugout.
challenge pitch threw ugly worst
It was an ugly night, ugly swings, ... Tonight, like every night, was a big challenge for me. Fortunately, if he threw 100 pitches, that was the worst pitch he threw all night, and fortunately it was to me.
answers deferred happen money pay people worried
The thing I'm worried about is this deferred money these people have to pay in 10 years, 20 years. What's going to happen then? We really couldn't get any answers on that.
fan guys retire
I've never been a fan of guys who retire and then un-retire,