Bartolo Colon
Bartolo Colon
Bartolo Colónis a Dominican American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. Nicknamed Big Sexy, he previously played for the Cleveland Indians, Montreal Expos, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and the Oakland Athletics...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth24 May 1973
CityPuerto Plata, Dominican Republic
felt great mouth pain season sour taste
This doesn't take away the pain that I felt and the sour taste in my mouth about the way the season ended, ... This is a great accomplishment, but we wanted to go a little further.
five runs
They got me five runs and that was enough.
five good knew pitch team
I knew I could pitch and get the team through five innings. I feel like I had good stuff.
knew time
I knew (Friday) around BP time that I was going to be able to throw,
effort fighting guys knew needed push saw throw time yesterday
I knew yesterday around BP time that I was going to be able to throw today. We're fighting for something here. I saw the effort yesterday by the guys in the bullpen, and I knew I needed to push myself a little more.
ball bend blessing good stay staying top
I had good stuff, ... I was staying on top of the ball because I could not bend down. It was a blessing in disguise, because I could stay on top of my changeup and my fastball.
affect change direction felt groin tried twitch
I just felt a twitch in my groin because I tried to change direction so quickly. The groin didn't affect me.
carrying country felt people shoulders
I pitched from the heart. I felt I was carrying the whole country on my shoulders and that I couldn't let my people down.
against bit compete forward good pitches seeing team woke
I'm the one that woke them up a little bit by making the pitches that I made. But I look forward to seeing them again, definitely. They're a good team and I like to compete against them.
alex brand careful forward happened past whatever yankee
I have to be careful with Alex, obviously, but I think that whatever happened in the past with Alex is in the past, and I look forward to tomorrow. It's a brand new start. All of them are dangerous. To me, they're all cleanup hitters. That's the way I see the Yankee lineup.
ball pick pinpoint rhythm
I really can't pinpoint any one thing or pick anything out. Body-wise and stuff-wise, I feel fine. My rhythm is off. I do feel sometimes I'm gripping the ball a little too hard.
against cannot credit hung hungry matter middle mistakes pitches threw
I hung pitches and threw fastballs right down the middle of the plate. I give them credit for not missing. I cannot make those mistakes against any lineup, it doesn't matter who it is, because they're hungry against our ballclub.
I feel 100 percent. I will come prepared.
next
I feel a lot better right now just by making this start. I will make the next start.