Lyle Overbay
Lyle Overbay
Lyle Stefan Overbayis an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Arizona Diamondbacks, Toronto Blue Jays, Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth28 January 1977
CityCentralia, WA
bases everybody good guys hit home nice steal wait
We got good guys to hit and run, to steal bases so we don't have to wait for the three-run home run. But it's always nice to have that option. ... It makes everybody better in that lineup.
biggest doubles drive driving hitter lots matter pride runs
Absolutely. I've always wanted to be a .300 hitter with lots of doubles and drive in runs. The biggest thing is driving in runs and it doesn't matter how you're driving in runs as long as you are. I just take pride in that.
barrel game hit leading lost obviously run scoring seventh throw trying
It hit the end of my glove. It just sneaked out of there. I know he was trying to throw up and away. You obviously don't want to throw it there. You don't want him to get the barrel on the ball. But that's not where we lost the game. We lost the game by not scoring a run with Wes Helms leading off the seventh with a double.
bad cage field habits hitting last late pitching season since trying
I've been hitting in a cage since December, but we'll see once I get out in the field and see some live pitching (on) how I'm doing. I got into some bad habits late last season so I was just trying to get back to where I was.
expect hit mph smoke
(Pierre's grounder) hit right off the end of my glove. You don't expect him to smoke one down the line, especially off a 94 mph fastball.
chance drive gap looking maybe next pitch saw win
I was looking for a pitch to hit. I had a chance to drive it. When I saw it go in the gap I thought maybe there would be a chance to score. Next thing you know, we win the game.
clubhouse good kindness knew nervous sure team
You kind of get nervous when you come in and see everyone around a new team and you're not sure what kind of clubhouse it is. I knew it was going to be a good clubhouse, but I didn't know it was going to be this good.
balls middle
Location. He's down, he's away, he's in. His balls go away from the middle of the plate.
pitching seen typical
That was typical Bagwell. You're never safe, even if he hasn't seen live pitching for two years or two months.
crowd pitching pumped seen typical
That was typical Bagwell, ... You're never safe, even if he hasn't seen live pitching for two years or two months. He's going to give you a battle. The crowd got into it, and I think that pumped him up.
against ahead good guys owe played road tough
We've got a tough road ahead of us, but we've played good against guys like that, ... and we owe Oswalt a beating.
barrel beat
He doesn't give you anything that you're going to put the barrel on consistently. When we beat him, it was just one of those days. We kind of got lucky.
along guys less runner third
A lot of guys, with a runner on third with less than two outs, we're going to concede that run. He can get that strikeout. Those guys don't come along too often, and when you've got one of them on your side, it's nice.
ahead happen knowing planned situations throwing
You never know what's going to happen ahead of you. You're kind of just throwing out things and situations knowing what you're going to do so when you get up there you can just go ahead and do it, you've planned it out.