|
|||
|
|||
|
 |
|
|
AL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: INDIANS v YANKEESOctober 8, 1998Bartolo ColonCLEVELAND, OHIO: Workout Day Q. Can you explain the Poncho? BARTOLO COLON: Well, back home, basically, he had a mule and his name was Poncho and so that's just -- he's kept it since he's gotten here and that's it. Q. Can you talk about facing the Yankees line up? BARTOLO COLON: When I get out on the mound, I'm just going to basically concentrate on what I have to do. I don't really want to get into that too much right now except that I know what I have to do. Q. How does your arm feel? BARTOLO COLON: Thank God, I'm feeling real good. The arm feels fine. Q. In the game in Boston, afterwards, Sandy Alomar said that he thought that you really grew up in that game. Would you comment on the start in Boston and what you -- what he said and how you felt about that game? BARTOLO COLON: I really have thrown well against that ball club in the past. If the right thing to say is that I was scared the first couple of innings, then I may have been, but I really got it together after the second inning, I was really ready to go. Q. Did you have a tired arm in the second half of the season and how has the rest that you have gotten recently helped you? BARTOLO COLON: I had to come to the realization that the Major League season is a lot longer than the Minor League season. You're talking about a longer Spring Training, also talking about a six-month-plus season as opposed to a five-month season and I can only thank Mike Hargrove for having some initiative to give me the rest when I needed it so that I could in turn get recharged and go from there. Q. Does having the start against Boston under your belt, does that kind of have a calming influence going into this game? BARTOLO COLON: Absolutely. I feel more confident, more relaxed, and I feel like I'm ready for this ball game. Q. You were specifically dominant in that game here against the Yankees when you pitched eight innings in an 11-0 win, had a bunch of strikeouts. Do you expect any hitters -- not just the Yankees -- do you think that a team comes back wanting to get at you because you pitched a game like that against them? BARTOLO COLON: I'm sure that they're going to be waiting in the weeds as far as that's concerned, but I'm going to try my best to go back out in and do as good a job, competent a job as I did the first time. Q. Jaret Wright made a comment about power pitchers vis-a-vis the noise here at Jacobs Field, as a pitcher does that help you, pump you up or does it hurt? BARTOLO COLON: It's all about whether you're at home or you're on the road and when I'm at home and I get that support from the fans, it just charges me up and makes me go at it. End of FastScripts…. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
About ASAP Sports •
FastScripts Archive •
Recent Interviews •
Captioning •
Upcoming Events •
Contact Us
FastScripts | Events Covered | Our Clients | Other Services | ASAP in the News | Site Map | Job Opportunities | Links |
|
ASAP Sports, Inc. | T: 1.212 385 0297
|