Roberto Hernandez
Roberto Hernandez
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.
batting bullpen miss missed practice throw
I didn't miss any bullpen sessions. I just missed batting practice. You can throw all of the bullpens you want, and it's just not the same.
best care doctors family last ok side sure trying
My dad's the last one from his side of the family, so I'm trying to make sure he's OK and that he has the best doctors around him. He'll be able to get a lot better care here than in the Dominican.
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.
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.
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.
blew loss
I blew it. If there's got to be a loss put on somebody, I'll take the loss.
effort facing gets good played shouting understand won
The shouting is going to be up to the coaches, if it happens. But, when you lose, 3-0, 3-2, and you're facing a lot of good pitching, what are you going to say? We haven't won much, and I understand that gets magnified. But the effort is there consistently. Besides, this game's played on the field.
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.
great proud
I'm very proud of what I was able to do as a player, ... I have a lot of great memories.
I'll be here for him. All year, all the time.
relief
I'm a relief pitcher, ... That's all I know. When the game's on the line, I want the ball.