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
arm build caused compensate compete fatigue losing pain quicker related throughout trying
It was more related to me trying to compensate for my back pain throughout the whole year. I started losing my arm slot. I think that caused the fatigue to build up a little quicker because I was trying to compete for this team.
matter
No matter what, it's going to be a big start,
bit built confidence face game harder push red team time tough
Any time you face a team like the Red Sox , it does push you a little bit harder because they have a tough lineup. The confidence built as the game went on.
asked came close completing mike time
Any time you get that close to completing the game, you want to. Mike came over and asked me, 'How do you feel?' I was a little fatigued. He said he didn't want to take any chances.
plays support
They're going to make a lot of plays for me. I support them 100 percent.
behind good needed team welcome
It will be welcome and a privilege, and I needed a good team behind me just to be a candidate.
attribute felt groove hitting innings missing three
The first three innings it felt like I had a groove going. Then I started elevating and I can't attribute it to anything. But when I started missing high, they were hitting it.
bit realize
It is going to take a little bit of time. It is going to come from within. One day I am going to realize I'm fine.
feeling special unlike
It's a very special feeling to do it for one team, ... unlike what I did before.
came crazy fact maybe prevailing somebody thinking thoughts
After the season, yeah, I've been thinking about it a lot, ... And one of the prevailing thoughts was the fact that maybe I won't get it. Maybe it was going to go to somebody else. A lot of crazy things came into my head.
finger people vote welcome
It'll be welcome if I do get it. I can't put my finger on it because people vote for it, and I can't do anything else about my numbers.
crazy maybe
I thought maybe I wouldn't get it, ... A lot of crazy things went into my head.
definitely gives originally
It definitely gives a different feel to what the lineup originally was going to look like.
care days feels four last massage tight
It feels very tight. The last four days it's been getting real tight on me. Massage should take care of it.