Keith Foulke
Keith Foulke
Keith Charles Foulkeis a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. A graduate of Hargrave High School in Huffman, Texas, Foulke attended Galveston College and Lewis–Clark State College. Between 1997 and 2008, he pitched for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians. Foulke was an All-Star in 2003 and he earned the final out of the 2004 World Series...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth19 October 1972
champagne chill five games script starting
Don't know, don't know. No way to tell. I'd like to say we'd be up five games and they'd be starting to chill the champagne right now, but I have no idea, ... There's no way to tell. That's why we have to go out there and actually do it. You can't write the script in this game.
encouraged felt guys hopefully month next red sure today
I'm not where I want to be, but I'm better. It felt pretty good. We got some guys out today. Hopefully we can do the same for the next month and a half. I'm sure (the Red Sox) are as encouraged today as I was.
ball battle constant happier liked mechanics mound previous threw today walking work
I was a lot happier walking off the mound today than I have been in a lot of previous outings, ... It's been a constant battle to work on mechanics and different things. I liked how I threw the ball today. I'm not where I want to be, but it was much better than it has been.
hill
I kind of told them I can kind of feel it going down hill again.
plane six spring wait weeks
I'm excited. (After) six weeks of spring training, I'm drained. I can't wait to get on that plane and get it going for real.
bothering brought continuing couple days feeling flag help kept knee last point red shoulder stopped stretch team three threw weeks
It got to a point where the knee stopped feeling better and started feeling worse, and over the last couple of weeks it kept continuing and continuing. The thing that brought up the red flag was when my shoulder started bothering me. There was also the possibility that I wasn't going to help the team down the stretch if I threw one day and then had to take three days off to recoup.
capable care face job notice pitcher prove respect
I don't need to prove anything to opponents. Hopefully, if I go out and do my job and I'm the pitcher that I'm capable of being, I don't care if they take notice or not. They don't have to like me. They don't have to do anything. But they do have to face me and respect me.
feeling worry
I'm feeling good, and I'm here to be at the back end of the bullpen. If I'm back to where I want to be, you don't have to worry about my head.
body instead lower putting shoulder start stop strain stride taking trying using
I was trying to shorten my stride up mechanically, and when you start taking the lower body out of it, you start putting a lot more strain -- the shoulder has to try to stop itself, instead of using the body to stop it -- and that's probably what happened,
breaking equipped failure handle sitting throwing
I'll never be equipped to handle failure. I'll come in kicking, screaming, throwing stuff, cussing and breaking stuff. I don't handle failure well at all. The day you handle failure too well is the day you should be sitting on the couch.
hurdle last pick son squat
The big hurdle was after my last injections. Me being able to squat down and pick up my son with no pain, that's a big hurdle.
history losing
That's what we're saying: 'Let's make history,' ... We don't want to go down in history as losing this series. We have T-shirts that say 'Why not us?'
deal few maybe month next toward
Maybe I'm just getting old. I don't know what the deal is. A few years back I was a 90-93 guy, consistently. That's when I was dominating. That's where I want to be. Hopefully, over the next month or so we can get back there and keep working toward next year.
cover finally legs pitching ready realized worried
We finally got my legs fixed. I realized that you don't have to cover first 1,000 times to be ready for a season. I'm worried about pitching this year, and that's it.