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
heard
I always heard that I was too small.
successful trying enough
I'm just trying to stay aggressive and mix things up enough to be successful.
matter way boxes
It doesn't matter who's in the box. You go after them and get them out the best way you can.
careers games seasons
You have one good game or season, so what? You have to have a career.
night given i-can
On any given night, I can throw a shutout.
winning
Every time I go out there I expect to win.
can-do
This is a dozer you can do anything with.
feet complaining tape
The pitch would normally be low, but my ball starts carrying and stays on a sustained plane. Everyone always complains - 'that ball is low' - but then you go back and look at the tape, and it's right there. My catchers tell me, and the hitters tell me, that the ball stays true flight the last five or six feet.
baseball biggest early gone groove hopefully memories momentum pitch stadium
This stadium has a lot of baseball memories in it, and to come back here and pitch in this stadium before it's gone is great. Hopefully the biggest thing with us is to get going early, get in a groove early and hopefully get some momentum going our way.
afraid ball either good hit left pitch respect
With him, you can make a pretty good pitch away or make a pretty good pitch in and he'll hit it out to either left or right field. You've got to respect that he can hit the ball out of the park, but you can't be afraid of him, for sure.
aggressive ball fine game gets hit lead throwing
To get us a one-run lead gets you right back into the game for us, ... You don't have to be so fine as to throwing a ball around the plate. You can still be aggressive and make them hit the ball early.
meant winning
To give it to him, that meant more to me than winning it. He didn't want to take it, but that's the way he is,
playoffs pulled team together
To get 20 is great, but to get to the playoffs is more. We've come a long way, especially the way the team pulled together and started playing.
means playoffs
To get 20 is great, but to get to the playoffs means more.