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
closer committee fantastic team using wins
I'll say this. Any team that wins using a closer by committee better have a fantastic offense.
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.
arm good heals honest hope knew lifting start step weights
I knew Dr. Yocum would be honest with me, so that was a good sign. All I can do is hope the arm heals up. Now I get to start lifting weights and doing some rehab, so it's a step in the right direction. But I'm not going to get too optimistic.
I'm going to try it this way. We'll see how it goes.
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.
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.
ability played team win
This team should be able to win the division. It has as much ability as any I played on.
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.
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.
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.
days fourth might third throwing
About every third or fourth day, I feel like I can be out there and throw. Not back-to-back days right now, but that might come by the end of spring. I'm throwing it at 100 percent; it's just not going at 100 percent. That's frustrating.
game played year
It's just the way we've played the game all year long,