Javier Vazquez
Javier Vazquez
Javier Carlos Vázquezis a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He played for the Florida Marlins, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankeesand Montreal Expos...
ProfessionMMA Fighter
Date of Birth27 April 1976
fifth pitch
I don't like it. But what can I do? I want to pitch every fifth day and they know that, but it's not my call. I'm not the manager.
bunch favorite great national states team teams united
I don't think that right now you can say this team is going to be the favorite or this other team is going to be a favorite. A bunch of teams have great national teams. Obviously, the United States has a great team, and that's not secret, but I think we have a great team also.
baseball best latin league national players pride puerto seen tournament
They've never seen so many big league players be in a tournament like this. And in a lot of Latin American countries, I think there's a lot of pride in baseball as a national sport. They want to see us representing Puerto Rico to the best of our abilities.
job losing winning
It's just disappointing to be losing all these games, man. It's really frustrating. We're not getting the job done and we're not winning games.
country definitely great greatest knew playing
It was a great atmosphere. Playing for our country was definitely one of the greatest experiences that I ever had. I knew it was going to be very important, but it was definitely more than what I expected.
days doctor few lost past weak
I wanted to pitch. I thought I could pitch. The doctor said because I've lost a lot of fluids the past few days I was still going to be weak today, but I feel all right today.
blessed four guys last year
It's awesome. We have four guys from last year that were just great. I'm just blessed to be here and to be a part of it.
coming four great help ourselves push team
It's great for me coming here to a new team and having four great starters. I think it's going to help every one of us to push ourselves a little more.
bat good home seemed
It seemed like he just put the bat on the ball, ... It was a good pitch. Usually when I give up home runs, most of them are on mistakes. This wasn't a mistake.
glad trouble
I'm glad I could get out of trouble when I was in it,
good nice time
It's nice any time you have a lot of offense. What can you say? We have a good lineup.
everybody great seemed trouble
Everybody out there did a great job. It seemed like they weren't in trouble at all. They made their pitches. That was big for us.
ball change curve good throwing
I was throwing everything, my fastball, slider, curve ball and change up. I was throwing everything for strikes. I made some good pitches, and got out of a jam.
defense felt few kept played
I felt good. I got in a few jams, but the defense played well and kept me out of it.