Eric Gagne
Eric Gagne
Éric Serge Gagnéis a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. Signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball as a free agent in 1995, Gagné began his career as a starting pitcher. After he struggled in that role, the Dodgers converted Gagné from a starter to a reliever, where for three yearshe was statistically the most outstanding closer in the game, winning the Cy Young Award in 2003. During that period, he set a major league record by converting...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth7 January 1976
ahead believing coming easy good rush second seeing spring sure throw throwing until week
It's easy for me to tell them I feel good, but for them to see it, seeing it is believing it. It should be really good for their confidence. I never throw like that this early. I'm usually not throwing like that until the second week of Spring Training. I feel great. I'm ahead of where I'd usually be, but I'm coming back from injury. I have to make sure I don't rush it. I need to see how it reacts as we get closer.
good-day bad-day different
I have good days and bad days, but they aren't much different.
real being-real defense
You have to be out there and have a mound presence. You have to be real aggressive and be real confident. You have to put the hitters on defense.
doubt trying want
You want to be as dominant as possible and you want to put some doubt in the hitters' heads. That's what I'm trying to do every single time I'm on the mound.
team hockey fighting
One thing about this game: It's really frustrating. In hockey, if you team's losing, you can start a fight. You can get your frustrations out.
real giving half
I'm me on the mound. I like to show my emotion, be real aggressive and give everything I've got for one half inning. I don't have to act. What you see on the mound is what I am in real life.
baseball hockey player
[In hockey] I was a goon, just protecting the better players. I've always been a better baseball player.
thinking mechanic throwing
I don't think about delivery. I don't think about mechanics. I just think about throwing hard.
people trying negative
I like it when every pitch counts. There are a lot of people who see it as a negative, but I try to feed off it.
thinking yelling two
Sometimes, with two strikes and two outs, I step off the mound. People are yelling, they're yelling really loud. I step off because I want to feel it. You've got all that adrenaline going, you've got that rush. People think I'm thinking about something, but I'm just trying to listen to everyone and feed off it.
games guy feelings
It's the best feeling in the world . The game's on the line, and you're the guy in the spotlight.
learn mechanics step
It's not a step back, it's a step forward. When you don't do good, that's when you go in and make adjustments. You've got to learn from it, and you've got to know where your mechanics are and what you need to do to make that adjustment.
best describe fans feeling mean pitch words
The fans mean everything, ... The feeling I get when I pitch is amazing. It's the best feeling. Words can't describe it. The fans mean so much.
business hard side
I'm not bitter. That's the business side of it. There's no hard feeling, ... Now, it's going to be a different story.