Dontrelle Willis
Dontrelle Willis
Dontrelle Wayne Willis, nicknamed "The D-Train", is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Florida Marlins, Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondbacks and Cincinnati Reds. Willis was notable for his success during his first few years in the MLB and for his unconventional pitching style, which included a high leg kick and exaggerated twisting away from the batter. He was named the 2003 National League Rookie of the Year...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth12 January 1982
CityOakland, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Keep winning and get to the postseason, ... I won 20 games and they just dumped one beer on my head. It feels good because I'm helping my team win.
I feel we already won more games this year than everybody expected us to. We've shown we can compete.
I can't even fathom that number - just being able to play baseball and understand how hard it is to win one game. To win 300-plus games is remarkable. To win 200-plus games is remarkable. That's a big number.
Win or lose, I've been fortunate to be able to pitch deep enough into games to get decisions.
I'm trying not to get ahead of myself. I'm taking it one game at a time.
I've played some baseball games just to see what I look like and it looked dead-on like me.
I'm not saying we're going to to win 100 games or lose 100 games but I guarantee the effort is gonna be there.
I remember going to the games as a boy. I never thought I'd be in that situation.
I remember going to the games and being a little boy and watching him and watching the classics, ... And everything he meant not only to the team but to the city. I never thought I'd be in a situation like this.
It is a high honor especially when you consider I'm so young in my career. I'm going to go out there and try to win the game.
He's a great fit for our team because we're very young and enthusiastic ourselves. He's almost like a player, running around touching bases and everything.
He's a great baseball mind. But he wants to get with his family, and you've got to respect that.
He's already got it down to where he's telling guys when they're pitching. That's the greatest honor for any individual, to represent their country.
He's a lot more poised than I was at that age. His work ethic is great. I think going to college helped him, because he was already fine-tuned. When I went out there, I was kind of wide-eyed. He went out there focused.