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
adding excited great heard jim job keeping kenny pieces team together traded trying white williams
When I heard I got traded to the White Sox I was really excited because I know they are a world championship team and I know they are trying to do it again. I know Kenny Williams has done a great job of keeping the team together and adding some pieces like Jim Thome.
angle arm instead stay tall tendency trying work
Just trying to stay tall and work downhill, instead of side-to-side. Sometimes I have the tendency to go side-to-side. I need to work downhill, that's the arm angle I have to have.
bridge cross
We'll just cross that bridge when we come to it.
atmosphere four great guys pitchers winning
Being with four other guys who are great pitchers I think is only going to help, and when you are around great pitchers and a winning atmosphere everything is contagious.
dropped market wholesale
The wholesale market for SUVs has dropped considerably.
five guys pitch
There's other guys here and I know they want to pitch every five days, too, so it's not just me.
help
The expectations are here, they want to (repeat) again. I want to help as much as I can to do it again.
aware thinking throw tough
I was aware of it. But I'm not thinking about it. It's too tough to throw a no-hitter.
baseball countries everybody excited games latin national players pride puerto seen states team united
In Puerto Rico everybody is so excited because they have not seen so many big-league players before. The Latin American countries take a lot of pride in baseball being the national sport. They want to see this because this is so unique. In the United States there are so many games and there is a team in every city.
stinks
I mean, what can you do? It kind of stinks that was the first hit. ... That's part of the game.
arm crowd felt game good hearing home last special stunk throwing
I just felt better overall. My body, my arm felt better. It was special hearing the home crowd and throwing my first good game here. The last time, I stunk a little bit.
arm body both fastball felt good plate sides
I just felt better overall, my body and my arm felt better. My fastball was pretty good today. I was locating both sides of the plate with all my pitches.
confidence improved numbers year
I had an up and down year with Arizona, but the most important thing is I got my confidence back. I think I have improved from where I was. My numbers were not great, but I think I improved. Hopefully, this year I have a better year.
balls felt found trouble
I just battled out there. The balls just found the holes. I just felt like I was in trouble all night.