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
base game hitting question
Hitting is no problem, the question is if I can make throws. I'll give it a try at first base in a game in about a week.
bit wish
I wish I could've done a little bit more.
basketball finals super
It's like going to the (NBA) Finals in basketball or to the Super Bowl,
good guy million pay
But you look at it the other way, he was the first guy to pay a guy a million dollars, and that was Nolan. He did a lot of good for this city, for baseball.
baseball boston eventually fan grateful grew guy kid next opportunity red talking weeks whether
It's going to come to an end. We know that. We're not talking about a 23-year-old rookie. We're talking about a 43-year-old guy who has been there, done that. Eventually -- whether it's the next two weeks or the next two years -- this thing is going to end. So I'm just grateful I had the opportunity to play baseball with him. As a kid who grew up as a Boston Red Sox fan to where I am today, it's been an honor.
figure sit
Eventually, he and I are going to have to sit down and talk. When that is, we'll figure it out at some point.
bad good heck spent time
It's very special, ... We've spent a long time together. It's really like a marriage. We've had good times. We've had bad times. But it's been a heck of an association.
easier guy hard loved soft throwing toss wish
Easier said than done, ... It's not like the guy is throwing soft toss to me. It's hard in those situations. I loved the opportunity, and I wish I had the at-bat over again. That's just not the way it is.
ball couple decisions fast felt good guy hard high job last swung throws
The last one cut, ... I felt all right the whole at-bat, the whole night, but I swung at a couple of high fastballs. I didn't do a good job of getting the ball down. He's a guy who just comes in and throws hard stuff. With a guy like that, you've got to get it going, because decisions have to be made fast or it's sayonara.
ball couple decisions fast felt good guy hard high job last swung throws
The last one cut. I felt all right the whole at-bat, the whole night, but I swung at a couple of high fastballs. I didn't do a good job of getting the ball down. He's a guy who just comes in and throws hard stuff. With a guy like that, you've got to get it going, because decisions have to be made fast or it's sayonara.
frustrated human oh player plenty thoughts trust worth
Oh trust me, there are plenty of thoughts like that. You're not human if you don't get frustrated and wonder, 'Is it worth doing this?' But I still know I can do some things that are very positive. Am I going to be the same player I was in the '90s and 2000? Probably not. I don't know if I can ever be that player again.
course feels key stay stays
It feels better as I do it. The key is during the course of a game, is it going to stay like that? Or at least that it stays the same, not regresses.
enjoyed good player relationship talk teams treated
I had a really good relationship with him. I think if you talk to just about every player who was on those teams when he was the owner, he treated them in a first-class manner. I really enjoyed the man.
excuse soft tough younger
You don't want everyone to think you're soft or that it's an excuse. It's tough on younger players.