Really awesome conversation with Boog and the D-Train...some of the highlights:

 

-Says the team is really confident right now, they don't get scared about playing on the road in big games, the guys who were around in 2003 can taste the playoffs. In terms of his own 2003 season, Boog asked if he got tired down the stretch and he said, "I didn't get tired, I just got sorry." :lol

 

-Is a big Carpenter fan and thinks that he'll win the Cy...he's just amazed that people are talking about him in the race and never imagined having this kind of season.

 

-The season is really moving quickly now, he threw a bullpen yesterday and almost forgot it was his day to throw. He said he really loves every aspect of the game, (cause Boog asked if he really loves to hit, because it seems that way), but he said now he needs to "love to bunt." :lol

 

-On AJ (he was asked if he puts too much pressure on himself): Coming into the year, all of the Big 3 pitchers wanted to shoulder a lot of the burden for this team and want to pitch in big games, so they expected and wanted this type of pressure...he just had one bad inning last night and was going up against a Hall of Famer, and that's what cost him.

 

-Boog talked about Dontrelle being the 13th African-American pitcher to win 20 games and he said it's really an honor, and hopes that maybe some people who weren't interested in baseball before can start to get into the game. He also said it's great for this community to be the first Marlins pitcher to have 20 wins.

 

-He said that he is getting recognized around town a lot now but everyone wants to talk about his hitting more than his pitching, "Everyone says they expected me to pitch well but they're all impressed with how I handle the bat."

Thanks for posting! What a guy Dontrelle is.

Thanks for posting :thumbup

Very cool

I f only every one had the attitude of the dtrain.... *cough cough aj*

class act.

He should just be the poster boy for baseball. He truly loves the game.

The D-Train is getting more and more national attention as well. I listen to Home Plate on XM radio on the way home and callers often comment on Dontrelle's enthusiasm for the game.

Thanks for posting the recap.

 

It's hard to express how much I like Dontrelle Willis. I gues the best way is to say that he seems to me to act the way I think I'd act if I had a chance to be a major league ballplayer. Always having fun, always smiling always hustling, always feeling like I had the best job in the world. He really gets it. And I think he's the kind of guy anybody can get behind. Black, white, latino, whatever. He's just a genuine guy.

we all love D-train. He is the man.

Dontrelle is the biggest class act in baseball at the moment, IMHO

Dontrelle is the one who gives the energy to the team. He does every thin he can to help the organization even head fist slide.