Roberto Hernandez
Roberto Hernandez
life
It's a nightmare, ... How do you live with such an embarrassment in your life? How do you live when someone makes your life so insignificant?
arm doctor either looks says scary
It's pretty scary when the doctor looks at you and says it's either your arm or your life.
ball given good
There's a lot of fight, ... We've never given up. This is a good ball club.
baseball beyond change difficult entire facing fortunate goes happen life might start understand wondering
It's very difficult when you start to understand you are facing a life-threatening situation. You don't know what's going happen. It goes beyond just wondering what's going to happen to your baseball career. You wonder how your entire life might change or if you're still going to be fortunate to have a life.
relief
I'm a relief pitcher, ... That's all I know. When the game's on the line, I want the ball.
barry consider great
He's such a great hitter. And now you consider him like Barry Bonds, when he was going good.
bench boils catch five four last level pirates pitch pittsburgh reach sat strive talent team teams top watched
He told us that the last four or five years, he sat back and watched the Pittsburgh Pirates from the opponents' bench and he couldn't (understand) why a team with so much talent couldn't reach its talent level -- or strive to reach it. It boils down to little things. Teams who pitch and catch and do the little things are usually at the top of their division. This team has that capability.
affects committed condition life puts stress
When you're an engineering student, you have a lot of stress in your life. For someone to live this way, with a condition that affects their life, for them to be committed to something and want to live life to the fullest, it really puts things in perspective.
forward good looking opportunity whatever
Whatever they want me to do, I'll do. This is a good opportunity for me and I'm looking forward to it.
break days figure straight
We could have had a break here and there on that. But you can look at it this way: we have 17 straight days to figure this thing out.
beat cause opponents pity trying
We can't feel pity for ourselves, cause the opponents don't. We're trying to beat them and they're trying to beat us.
continue dig holes hope last ourselves patient tracy turns
We can't continue to dig ourselves holes like this. You hope this turns around. Tracy is a patient man, but that's not going to last forever.
anybody beats best consider hit might pitch puts regular says
You don't have to consider anybody else. He's the best in the postseason. And he's very good, great, in the regular season. He is so consistent. And beats you and you know what's coming. They can't hit it. He just puts the cutter out there and says 'Here it is.' Is that the best pitch ever? It might be.
anybody beats best consider hit might pitch puts regular says
You don't have to consider anybody else, ... He's the best in the postseason. And he's very good, great, in the regular season. He is so consistent. And beats you and you know what's coming. They can't hit it. He just puts the cutter out there and says 'Here it is.' Is that the best pitch ever? It might be.