Troy Percival
Troy Percival
Troy Eugene Percivalis a former Major League Baseball pitcher and current head coach at UC Riverside. He gained fame as a closer. During a 14-year baseball career, he pitched from 1995–2009 for four different teams, pitching primarily with the California/Anaheim Angels. He was also an integral part of that franchise's 2002 World Series championship team. Percival currently ranks 10th in career saves...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth9 August 1969
CityFontana, CA
camps great months picking quite seven struggling
I've been in some camps with some great relievers, but not quite to this extent. I went seven months without picking up a baseball, and I'm still struggling out there right now.
bringing chance healthy tigers took work
The Tigers took a chance on bringing me in. I was healthy when I got here. It just didn't work out.
good hoping last
I'm hoping to have one last good year.
arm drop holding left lucky
Let's just say I'm lucky I'm holding this in my left arm. My right arm would drop it right now.
earned ended feelings fortunate hard negative wish worked
I feel very fortunate for everything I've had. I worked hard to get it. I feel I earned it. I just wish it would have ended a little differently. I don't have any negative feelings about it at all at this point.
balls bother december happen heal might percent scar three throw weeks
With scar tissue, you don't know how it's going to heal or what's going to happen with it. Dr. Yocum told me, 'Once December comes, you might throw two balls and know you've got no chance. Or you might go out and throw for three weeks and it won't bother you.' But it's not something where it's 100 percent yes, you're going to be there, or 100 percent no.
ability played team win
This team should be able to win the division. It has as much ability as any I played on.
asked couple days early hoping might pitches point problems recover start takes throwing thrown time turn until
It's not doing bad. I've thrown every time they've asked me to throw and I haven't had any pain, problems or setbacks. I didn't start throwing until early January, and it's OK. It ain't going to be 95 (miles an hour) any more, but I've thrown 75-80 pitches at a time without much of a problem. It just takes me a couple of days to recover. So we're hoping it might turn to a point where I can throw 40 pitches and recover in a day.
came difficult forward good knew looking physically reality stop
It's not difficult (to stop pitching), because I just physically can't do it. That's not something I was looking forward to, but I knew that was a pretty good reality before I came down here.
love respect uniform watching
I've got a lot of respect for those guys. That's a lot of writing and lot of watching games. It's baseball, and I love watching it, but I love being in uniform more.
game played year
It's just the way we've played the game all year long,
ball everyday firing friday gotten looks normal picking ready start
It's doing a lot better than it was. I'm back to normal everyday stuff. I haven't gotten to where I think I'm comfortable enough to start picking up a ball and start chucking it yet, but I still have the whole offseason to get that ready and come firing in the spring. I'll know a lot more on Friday when Dr. Yocum looks at it.
chance good people run
There are a lot of good people in here, and they've got a chance to have a good clubhouse. Just let Tram run with it, and I think he'll do a good job.
amount closer failure good handle job test true
To me, the true test of a closer is once they've had a good amount of failure and they can still handle the job.