Troy Percival
Troy Percival
Troy Eugene Percivalis a former Major League Baseball pitcher and current head coach at UC Riverside. He gained fame as a closer. During a 14-year baseball career, he pitched from 1995–2009 for four different teams, pitching primarily with the California/Anaheim Angels. He was also an integral part of that franchise's 2002 World Series championship team. Percival currently ranks 10th in career saves...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth9 August 1969
CityFontana, CA
chance good people run
There are a lot of good people in here, and they've got a chance to have a good clubhouse. Just let Tram run with it, and I think he'll do a good job.
came difficult forward good knew looking physically reality stop
It's not difficult (to stop pitching), because I just physically can't do it. That's not something I was looking forward to, but I knew that was a pretty good reality before I came down here.
arm drop holding left lucky
Let's just say I'm lucky I'm holding this in my left arm. My right arm would drop it right now.
chance either heal minimum miss next sit surgery year
If I have surgery and I have to sit out next year, I'd be done. Either he'll say this is going to heal up enough to pitch, or we're going to have to do surgery ù which I don't want to do. With surgery, I have no chance and I'll miss all next year because it's a minimum of 12 months.
days fourth might third throwing
About every third or fourth day, I feel like I can be out there and throw. Not back-to-back days right now, but that might come by the end of spring. I'm throwing it at 100 percent; it's just not going at 100 percent. That's frustrating.
deserved felt sure team
I felt that the team deserved that effort. And just for me, personally, I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if I didn't try, if I didn't come and know for sure that it wasn't going to work.
clutch year
He's Mr. Clutch. He's been Mr. Clutch for us all year long.
liked looked scar tissue
He liked the way the scar tissue looked to be healing.
adapt easy ego gets goes guys stuff throw top watching
Just watching him be able to adapt to the different stuff he's had over the years and still go out one of the top guys out there ... it's not easy to do. Guys who throw 95, 96 have an ego about being able to do that. He just went right into, 'Hey, you know, I throw 87 now. This is what I've got.' And he goes out there and gets it done just as well as he ever did.
basically liked looked pattern rehab scar start strength throwing tissue
He's not going to want to do any surgery. He liked the way the scar tissue looked to be healing. The strength was coming, so I'm basically in a pattern where I can start doing some rehab stuff, some strengthening stuff, and then start throwing in December. Then we'll go from there.
healing hopes hoping lifting point start tired
I don't want to get my hopes up too high, but I'm just hoping that Dr. Yocum will tell me that it's healing up to a point where I can start lifting weights. I'm tired of running. That's all I've been doing.
bringing chance healthy tigers took work
The Tigers took a chance on bringing me in. I was healthy when I got here. It just didn't work out.
asked couple days early hoping might pitches point problems recover start takes throwing thrown time turn until
It's not doing bad. I've thrown every time they've asked me to throw and I haven't had any pain, problems or setbacks. I didn't start throwing until early January, and it's OK. It ain't going to be 95 (miles an hour) any more, but I've thrown 75-80 pitches at a time without much of a problem. It just takes me a couple of days to recover. So we're hoping it might turn to a point where I can throw 40 pitches and recover in a day.
asked deal good honored nice
This organization has been good to me and they called and asked me to do it, and thought it would be a nice gesture. I was honored because this is a big deal for the organization. This solidifies that they're a powerhouse in this league.