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'm happy for the city and for the fans, but you want to win it. I'm sure St. Louis isn't happy coming in second (in 2004). There's only one ring.
Over any short period, pitching can carry a team. We've got the kind of pitching than can give you the chance to win game after game after game.
That doesn't count. To be honest with you guys, I'm not really looking to throw. I guess everyone else is.
I want him on the mound tomorrow night.
I don't know exactly why that is. I was dying in the St. Louis series, I was dying in the Atlanta series. Of course, I haven't been playing, so I'm more of a fan than anything else,
That's the dumbest thing ever. I mean, what are the chances?
Just to get out here, get back on the field, I felt like it was a little bit of a trial camp today. I felt like I almost had to try and prove something, but yet I've got to sit back and say, 'No, I don't, I just have to get ready for April 1.
I'll do the same thing tomorrow as yesterday.
I wouldn't say I'm all the way back, I'm just pinch-hitting. I'm capable of doing that.
He's determined to play through whatever it is. Even if his life's in danger, he doesn't care. He just wants to pitch.
I figured it was by the end of the week.
I played 15 years in the big leagues. That's 15 years longer than I ever thought I would have played. I've had a great career. I've had a lot of fun. I've met a lot of great people. If this is it, this is it. I'm OK with that. But as I've said all along, this was just an opportunity to see if I can do it again.
There's nothing really (doctors) can tell me. There are educated guesses of what's going on. I just need to rest a little bit.
This is what we talked about for years and years, ... Obviously, this is a dream come true for us.