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
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.
afraid baseball coming glory happy
I was afraid of not coming through for my people, and now I'm really happy to have contributed to the baseball glory of my country.
clear edge pitching venezuela
I think we're going to compete, but to be honest, when I look at pitching, I think Venezuela has an edge. They have a clear edge on the pitching side.
bullpen effort guys knew needed push saw
I saw the effort (Friday) by the guys in the bullpen and I knew I needed to push myself a little more.
definitely gives originally
It definitely gives a different feel to what the lineup originally was going to look like.
boy guy last rock stopped thinking throw village wall
I stopped being a village boy who thought he could throw any rock through any wall and started thinking about being a guy who could last longer.
love pitch
I would love to pitch for my country,
imagine people scenery stopping time
You don't even imagine what the scenery is around here. People stopping by and honking their horns, ... It's been really, really crazy, crazy, crazy. It's the first time ever that we are celebrating something like this. ... There's going to be a lot of partying.
fact great maybe
Mariano had a great year, ... I did think about the fact that maybe he was going to come away and be the winner.
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.
against chicago next pitch sour thinking white winning
It doesn't take away the sour taste; we were thinking of winning the World Series, ... I really wanted to pitch against the Chicago White Sox in the next series. If it had been my back, I wouldn't have come out.
further great mouth pain season sour taste thinking win
It doesn't take away the pain I felt, the sour taste in my mouth about how the season ended. This is a great accomplishment but I still wanted us to go further as a team. We were all thinking about going to win the World Series.
dad favorite feeling nolan player special talking year
When I was just a year old, my dad was always talking about Nolan Ryan, ... He is my favorite player of all time, so it is a very special feeling to do it as an Angel.
ball elevated mound nice three
I elevated the ball when they got the three runs. But overall, I must say, it was a nice feel out on the mound today.