Lyle Overbay
Lyle Overbay
Lyle Stefan Overbayis an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Arizona Diamondbacks, Toronto Blue Jays, Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth28 January 1977
CityCentralia, WA
against ahead good guys owe played road tough
We've got a tough road ahead of us, but we've played good against guys like that, ... and we owe Oswalt a beating.
attitude fire help looks starting
He's starting to get that fire out there and get that competitive attitude a little bit. It looks like he's getting a little fire under him, and that's going to help him more than anything.
guys mistakes
He's one of those guys who just doesn't make mistakes,
behind good matter next teams throw
Good teams will throw that behind them and go the next day. We've got the capabilities, it's just a matter of going out there and doing it consistently.
barrel game hit leading lost obviously run scoring seventh throw trying
It hit the end of my glove. It just sneaked out of there. I know he was trying to throw up and away. You obviously don't want to throw it there. You don't want him to get the barrel on the ball. But that's not where we lost the game. We lost the game by not scoring a run with Wes Helms leading off the seventh with a double.
chance drive gap looking maybe next pitch saw win
I was looking for a pitch to hit. I had a chance to drive it. When I saw it go in the gap I thought maybe there would be a chance to score. Next thing you know, we win the game.
barrel beat
He doesn't give you anything that you're going to put the barrel on consistently. When we beat him, it was just one of those days. We kind of got lucky.
expect hit mph smoke
(Pierre's grounder) hit right off the end of my glove. You don't expect him to smoke one down the line, especially off a 94 mph fastball.
balls middle
Location. He's down, he's away, he's in. His balls go away from the middle of the plate.
clubhouse good kindness knew nervous sure team
You kind of get nervous when you come in and see everyone around a new team and you're not sure what kind of clubhouse it is. I knew it was going to be a good clubhouse, but I didn't know it was going to be this good.
ball both college last lets year
I went to that in '99, my last year of college (U of Nevada/Reno). It lets me see the ball better ... lets me see it with both eyes.
bases everybody good guys hit home nice steal wait
We got good guys to hit and run, to steal bases so we don't have to wait for the three-run home run. But it's always nice to have that option. ... It makes everybody better in that lineup.
pitching seen typical
That was typical Bagwell. You're never safe, even if he hasn't seen live pitching for two years or two months.
crowd pitching pumped seen typical
That was typical Bagwell, ... You're never safe, even if he hasn't seen live pitching for two years or two months. He's going to give you a battle. The crowd got into it, and I think that pumped him up.