Odalis Perez
Odalis Perez
Odalis Amadol Pérezis a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He played with the Atlanta Braves, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Kansas City Royals, and the Washington Nationals...
release
It's no good. I started throwing, and when I go down, when I release the ball, it pinches me.
act belong leagues players
Those young players act like they've been in the big leagues for a long time, ... They play like they belong here.
beginning chemistry desire playing spring
Playing the way we were playing, I didn't have the desire to come to the ballpark. This year, from what I see from the beginning of spring training, the chemistry is different.
believe hard last season winning year
It has been a frustrating season for everyone, ... It is hard to believe that we are out of it this year (after winning the division) last year.
super
For us, it's big. Because it's like the World Cup. It's like a Super Bowl. It's crazy.
good great growing guys jackie outside robinson
Jackie Robinson has been great for baseball. He showed that if you're good enough to make it pro, you're going to play. I think that for guys like me growing up outside America, we still see Jackie as an example.
beat business coaching dad dugout good spent time
We're in a different dugout now. They were good for us. We spent so much time together, but now we're enemies. If you have to beat them, you beat them. Business is business. If my dad was coaching on the other side, I still want to beat him.
good
They got a good team, ... I don't really know what happened.
good guys hitting location strike throw
Strike one, strike two. Good location - hitting spots. If you throw strikes, guys have to swing. That's what happened.
playing spring
It's competition, real competition. You're playing for something. It wasn't like playing in spring training.
finish last sad third won year
It's very sad to think last year you won the division, and this year you finish third or fourth.
against baseball blame goes jim reason team tracy
Things happen. When you know your team is not doing good, most of the blame goes against your manager. I don't see nothing (bad) Jim Tracy did with the Dodgers. ... I don't see the reason why it happened.
I know in the Dominican right now, it's a funeral.
bothering days feeling maybe next playing start starting throwing
I'm playing long-toss and feeling better, ... Maybe in the next 10 days I can start throwing in the bullpen. It's not bothering me now, and I'm starting to throw harder.