Javier Vazquez Quotes (17 Quotes)

In Puerto Rico everybody is so excited because they have not seen so many big-league players before. The Latin American countries take a lot of pride in baseball being the national sport. They want to see this because this is so unique. In the United States there are so many games and there is a team in every city.

It's nice any time you have a lot of offense. What can you say We have a good lineup.

When I heard I got traded to the White Sox I was really excited because I know they are a world championship team and I know they are trying to do it again. I know Kenny Williams has done a great job of keeping the team together and adding some pieces like Jim Thome.

I just battled out there. The balls just found the holes. I just felt like I was in trouble all night.

I just felt better overall, my body and my arm felt better. My fastball was pretty good today. I was locating both sides of the plate with all my pitches.

I'm glad I could get out of trouble when I was in it,

Everybody out there did a great job. It seemed like they weren't in trouble at all. They made their pitches. That was big for us.

I wanted to pitch. I thought I could pitch. The doctor said because I've lost a lot of fluids the past few days I was still going to be weak today, but I feel all right today.

It seemed like he just put the bat on the ball, ... It was a good pitch. Usually when I give up home runs, most of them are on mistakes. This wasn't a mistake.

It's just disappointing to be losing all these games, man. It's really frustrating. We're not getting the job done and we're not winning games.

I was just battling out there. I thought I threw some good pitches and the balls just kept finding the holes.

I just felt better overall. My body, my arm felt better. It was special hearing the home crowd and throwing my first good game here. The last time, I stunk a little bit.

We'll just cross that bridge when we come to it.

What can you do But it kind of stinks that was the first hit. But what can you do It's part of the game. God didn't want me to have a no-hitter today.

At the time it sounded like just another pop-off by a player who was about to be run out of New York. I still trust in my abilities, ... and if the Yankees trade me, they'll regret it.

It was a great atmosphere. Playing for our country was definitely one of the greatest experiences that I ever had. I knew it was going to be very important, but it was definitely more than what I expected.

They've never seen so many big league players be in a tournament like this. And in a lot of Latin American countries, I think there's a lot of pride in baseball as a national sport. They want to see us representing Puerto Rico to the best of our abilities.