Octavio Dotel
Octavio Dotel
Octavio Eduardo Dotel Diazis a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. Dotel played for thirteen major league teams, more than any other player in the history of Major League Baseball, setting the mark when he pitched for the Detroit Tigers on April 7, 2012, breaking a record previously held by Mike Morgan, Matt Stairs, and Ron Villone. He was a member of the Houston Astros for 5 seasons...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth25 November 1973
exciting good knew learn man team yankees
I wanted to come back to New York. It's exciting and I knew the Yankees would be a good team for me. Rivera is the man and I can learn a lot from him.
bullpen excited knew pitches scare throw woke
I was really excited all week, because I knew I was going to throw a bullpen today. When I woke up today, I was really excited. I went through my 30 pitches and each one was perfect. I didn't feel anything to scare me. It was beautiful.
feels soon
It feels good. Probably soon I'll be in a game.
elbow games learned missed television watch worked
I worked on my elbow and I learned how to play poker. That was all I did. I didn't want to watch games on television because it was too painful. I missed pitching.
hard spring training
Right now, I don't have my fastball, ... It's hard for me to come out here the first day and 'Boom!' Ninety-five. I'm not a Spring Training guy.
billy handle hard learned taught
One thing Billy taught me is to know how to handle the situation. I learned how to handle the situation, ... It's hard to know how to handle it.
happy pitch pleases team
I feel very happy with this contract. This team has a lot of tradition, and it pleases me to know that they want me to pitch for them.
ready replace tough
It's O.D. time, ... It's a tough thing, for me to replace Billy. But to be honest, I've been ready for 3 1/2Â years.
scare strong waiting
It's the day I was waiting for. (I feel) nothing. I just feel really strong out there. All my pitches, each one was perfect. I don't feel anything to scare me.
huge
This is huge in my country. Just huge.
last months nine saw waiting work
What I saw today, it made me feel good. It made my work for the last nine months look good. I've been waiting for it.
depends game respect season stay
I have to respect what they say, but I think I'll be in the game before June. It depends on how I do when I stay here after the season starts.
wait
I'm so ready. I can't wait to get up there.