catlover79
08-02-2010, 11:49 PM
http://www.tampabay.com/sports/baseball/rays/tampa-bay-rays-pitcher-matt-garzas-no-hitter-impresses-nearly-everyone/1111485
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
ST. PETERSBURG — The celebratory drinks with some teammates were fun, the volume of congratulatory messages enough to send his iPhone into electronic shock, the wish-I-was-there tears from his wife Serina touching.
But the moment Matt Garza will remember most after making history Monday night by throwing the first no-hitter in Rays franchise history came from his phone call with 8-year-old son Matthew.
"My son is the funniest kid ever," Garza said. "When I threw against the Marlins, he told me, 'Man, dad, you suck — one inning, seven runs. I could do that.' … I call him last night and I said, 'Matthew, did you watch the game?' He's like yeah. I said, 'Nine innings, no hits. Who sucks now?' And he goes, 'You're still not an All-Star.'
"He's a chip off the old block. It was good though. He's a competitor, and that's the way I like it. He keeps you grounded. He's like, you're not the best yet. So don't start floating away yet. I think that was the coolest thing, because for me it's him getting into baseball and watching it."
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
ST. PETERSBURG — The celebratory drinks with some teammates were fun, the volume of congratulatory messages enough to send his iPhone into electronic shock, the wish-I-was-there tears from his wife Serina touching.
But the moment Matt Garza will remember most after making history Monday night by throwing the first no-hitter in Rays franchise history came from his phone call with 8-year-old son Matthew.
"My son is the funniest kid ever," Garza said. "When I threw against the Marlins, he told me, 'Man, dad, you suck — one inning, seven runs. I could do that.' … I call him last night and I said, 'Matthew, did you watch the game?' He's like yeah. I said, 'Nine innings, no hits. Who sucks now?' And he goes, 'You're still not an All-Star.'
"He's a chip off the old block. It was good though. He's a competitor, and that's the way I like it. He keeps you grounded. He's like, you're not the best yet. So don't start floating away yet. I think that was the coolest thing, because for me it's him getting into baseball and watching it."