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.
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.
attitude fire help looks starting
He's starting to get that fire out there and get that competitive attitude a little bit. It looks like he's getting a little fire under him, and that's going to help him more than anything.
guys mistakes
He's one of those guys who just doesn't make mistakes,
behind good matter next teams throw
Good teams will throw that behind them and go the next day. We've got the capabilities, it's just a matter of going out there and doing it consistently.
both work
That's the big question, ... It'll work out for both of us, I think.