Odalis Perez
Odalis Perez
Odalis Amadol Pérezis a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He played with the Atlanta Braves, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Kansas City Royals, and the Washington Nationals...
advantage hold last love pitcher
Any pitcher would love to have our offense. Last time, I couldn't hold a five-run lead. So I said to myself, 'This time, that's not going to happen,' or I would be embarrassed to not take advantage of those runs.
beginning chemistry desire playing spring
Playing the way we were playing, I didn't have the desire to come to the ballpark. This year, from what I see from the beginning of spring training, the chemistry is different.
good great growing guys jackie outside robinson
Jackie Robinson has been great for baseball. He showed that if you're good enough to make it pro, you're going to play. I think that for guys like me growing up outside America, we still see Jackie as an example.
act belong leagues players
Those young players act like they've been in the big leagues for a long time, ... They play like they belong here.
beat business coaching dad dugout good spent time
We're in a different dugout now. They were good for us. We spent so much time together, but now we're enemies. If you have to beat them, you beat them. Business is business. If my dad was coaching on the other side, I still want to beat him.
super
For us, it's big. Because it's like the World Cup. It's like a Super Bowl. It's crazy.
good guys hitting location strike throw
Strike one, strike two. Good location - hitting spots. If you throw strikes, guys have to swing. That's what happened.
I know in the Dominican right now, it's a funeral.
bothering days feeling maybe next playing start starting throwing
I'm playing long-toss and feeling better, ... Maybe in the next 10 days I can start throwing in the bullpen. It's not bothering me now, and I'm starting to throw harder.
consistency fastball mixed pitches threw
I mixed my pitches and threw my fastball with more consistency. Everything is working.
feels golf great guys players talk year
By far. Because even if we had great players in the past, they didn't communicate like these guys and talk to the young guys. This year is different. The guys play golf and dominoes and cards. Everything here feels better this year.
playing spring
It's competition, real competition. You're playing for something. It wasn't like playing in spring training.
against baseball blame goes jim reason team tracy
Things happen. When you know your team is not doing good, most of the blame goes against your manager. I don't see nothing (bad) Jim Tracy did with the Dodgers. ... I don't see the reason why it happened.
finish last sad third won year
It's very sad to think last year you won the division, and this year you finish third or fourth.