Jeff Bagwell
Jeff Bagwell
Jeffrey Robert Bagwellis an American former professional baseball first baseman and coach who spent his entire fifteen-year Major League Baseballplaying career with the Houston Astros. Originally, the Boston Red Sox selected him from the University of Hartford as a third baseman in the fourth round of the 1989 amateur draft. The Red Sox traded Bagwell to the Astros in 1990; the next season he made his MLB debut and was named the National LeagueRookie of the Year. The NL Most...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 May 1968
CityBoston, MA
I really pushed myself to come back as quick as I could, so I could help. We are in a pennant race.
The team can't wait on me. They need to know now. I think I'll honestly know if I can or can't.
Oh, yeah, he made those great plays. What would have been if those balls got through?
I'm more of a cheerleader now, but I get to put on my spikes, ... It means a lot to me.
I can't just go away. That's not in my nature.
I'm sure they'd like me to see live pitching before I jump in there after three months. We'd have to see if it coordinates with Round Rock and, more importantly, if my shoulder coordinates with that.
I told Phil I don't want this to be a charity case or sentimental pick. That's not what Phil is about. He's a standup guy and he's going to be honest with me. This is what he wanted. He wanted me to be here and he wanted me to get an opportunity to play, because he thinks I can do something.
I certainly didn't feel in the beginning of the year that this was going to be the year, ... But it's amazing what some pitching and a bunch of guys working together can do.
Everybody was getting tired of the beards. I think that, more than anything else, was the case.
It was awesome. I can't imagine the fans being any better than they've been. ... I couldn't have appreciated it any more. It's sad for it to happen like this, but it made me feel that way.
He's one of the biggest single reasons that our team solidified.
He didn?t look real good last night. Of course, there were probably a lot of things going through his mind.
I think the teams are to blame. They start out by giving guys out of high school millions of dollars and contracts that guarantee they'll be in the big leagues by a certain time. Then they coddle them all the way through the system. They get used to having things given to them rather than having earned them.
The guy is a gift from God, ... To be able to get a Cy Young at 42 years old, to have an ERA under two at 43 years old, that's mind-boggling. It's ridiculous, really.