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...
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.
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.
playing spring
It's competition, real competition. You're playing for something. It wasn't like playing in spring training.
believe division forward games hard last left next team three won year
It's hard to believe that we won the division last year and this year we're out of it. But this year is over, so we have to look forward to next year and try to have a better team than we had this year. It's frustrating to know you have three games left and then you go home.
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.
advantage hold last love pitcher
Any pitcher would love to have our offense. Last time, I couldn't hold a five-run lead. So I said to myself, 'This time, that's not going to happen,' or I would be embarrassed to not take advantage of those runs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
super
For us, it's big. Because it's like the World Cup. It's like a Super Bowl. It's crazy.
release
It's no good. I started throwing, and when I go down, when I release the ball, it pinches me.
I know in the Dominican right now, it's a funeral.