Roy Oswalt
Roy Oswalt
Roy Edward Oswaltis an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the majority of his career with the Houston Astros. He also played for the Philadelphia Phillies, the Texas Rangers, and the Colorado Rockies...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth29 August 1977
CityWeir, MS
home key
It's key for us to go home with a split.
brad closer gets next time type
Brad is the type of closer who has amnesia. He won't think about it the next time he gets out there.
base behind biggest coming guys speed
The biggest thing, I think, for us to do is to keep their speed guys off base, ... Same thing with us - they're going to have to keep our speed guys off base for the big guys coming up behind them.
knows walk
Everyone knows I don't try to walk anybody.
biggest olympics starts
Those two starts in the Olympics were some of my biggest starts.
came catch game knew knowing
We came in here knowing they had to catch us and knew the game we had to play.
biggest classify history series team
Yes, I would classify it as one of the biggest games, just because of the history of the team of not getting to the World Series after so many years of getting so close,
amnesia next
You have to go out and have amnesia and next day be the guy,
growing-up school college
I grew up in a small town where you know everyone, .. I've been told all my life that I come from too small a town to compete with some of the guys that competed in a higher level growing up. And that kind of drove me through college and drove me in the minor leagues, because I got to face all those big 5- A [school district] guys in the minors.
pay
They pay you to pitch and that's what I'm going to do.
goodbye years lockers
I've been in the same place for 10 years and having to say goodbye and clean out the locker is the toughest part.
cities looks bigs
When you're from Weir, Mississippi, almost everywhere you go looks like the big city.
guy kind standing-out
I don't like to be the guy that stands out. I like kind of sneaking up on guys instead of being out front.
challenges
I like a challenge. I always have.