Keith Foulke
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"Keith Charles Foulke" is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. A graduate of Hargrave High School in Huffman, Texas, Foulke attended Galveston College and Lewis-Clark State College. Between 1997 and 2008, he pitched for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians. Foulke was an All-Star in 2003 and he earned the final out of the 2004 World Series.

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I was a lot happier walking off the mound today than I have been in a lot of previous outings, ... It's been a constant battle to work on mechanics and different things. I liked how I threw the ball today. I'm not where I want to be, but it was much better than it has been.

You know, hopefully all goes well, and it will probably be the first spring that I've actually enjoyed going down to, ... We have a lot of work to do this winter. You know, after really struggling the entire year, I'm really excited about getting back and pitching the way I know how to pitch. Hopefully, [I can] get back to a dominating style of pitcher.

I was a lot happier walking off the mound today than I have been in a lot of the previous outings this [season], ... It's been a constant battle to work on mechanics and different things. I liked how I threw the ball [Monday]. I'm not where I want to be, but it was much better than it has been.

Now we just have to let the bone heal itself and quit irritating it on a daily basis, ... Before I got off the mound, it felt great. The bones constantly rubbing on each other, it didn't give it time to heal.

I'm not where I want to be, but I'm better. It felt pretty good. We got some guys out today. Hopefully we can do the same for the next month and a half. I'm sure (the Red Sox) are as encouraged today as I was.

It's a hell of a lot closer than what I have been for most of the year.

I'm probably not going to come back and be the guy I want to be right now, ... There might be some mistakes made from now until then. The whole goal is to maintain where we're at in the division and allow us to do some things like we did today. It allows Curt [Schilling] to go out there and get his work in. It allows me to go out there and get my work in.

I'm definitely closer than I was two months ago, ... I'd like to think I'm important to this team. I need to be here to accomplish our main goal.