Roy Oswalt
Roy Oswalt
Roy Edward Oswaltis an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the majority of his career with the Houston Astros. He also played for the Philadelphia Phillies, the Texas Rangers, and the Colorado Rockies...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth29 August 1977
CityWeir, MS
cities looks bigs
When you're from Weir, Mississippi, almost everywhere you go looks like the big city.
biggest olympics starts
Those two starts in the Olympics were some of my biggest starts.
meant winning
To give it to him, that meant more to me than winning it. He didn't want to take it, but that's the way he is,
aggressive ball fine game gets hit lead throwing
To get us a one-run lead gets you right back into the game for us, ... You don't have to be so fine as to throwing a ball around the plate. You can still be aggressive and make them hit the ball early.
afraid ball either good hit left pitch respect
With him, you can make a pretty good pitch away or make a pretty good pitch in and he'll hit it out to either left or right field. You've got to respect that he can hit the ball out of the park, but you can't be afraid of him, for sure.
amnesia next
You have to go out and have amnesia and next day be the guy,
brad closer gets next time type
Brad is the type of closer who has amnesia. He won't think about it the next time he gets out there.
closer gets next sure thinking time type
Brad, he's the type of closer that has amnesia, he won't thinking nothing about it next time he gets out there. He'll come out at the end of the next game, and I'm sure he'll be lights-out just like he always is.
bit came figured hit plate slider start throw zone
I don't give in, (so I) throw fastballs in the zone and make him hit it. I figured if I can start a slider a little bit out off the plate that he'd give up on it, and (I) was able to do it. And it came back over the plate for a strike.
bullpen home hoping last legs maybe pick run second tired
My legs got a little tired when I got around 90 pitches, but I was hoping if I could just keep it 3-2 after the second home run and get through the inning, maybe the bullpen could come in and pick up the last four.
busting key
We had been busting (Edmonds) in with fastballs a lot through the years, and in key situations,
biggest classify history series team
Yes, I would classify it as one of the biggest games, just because of the history of the team of not getting to the World Series after so many years of getting so close,
goes matter
It doesn't matter who goes first, who goes last,
battling feeling good hit seeing somebody team
I thought the way the team was battling and we had been seeing Maddux pretty well, if we could get something going with a hit or get somebody on, I had a good feeling we'd come back.