Aaron Boone
Aaron Boone
Aaron John Boone is an American former Major League Baseball infielder. During his career Boone played for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Florida Marlins, Washington Nationals, and Houston Astros. He is currently employed by ESPN as a game analyst and is a color commentator for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball coverage, as well as a contributor to Baseball Tonight. He is a member of the prominent Boone baseball family...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth9 March 1973
CityLa Mesa, CA
biggest notch pick strengths
We need to pick it up a little bit. One of our biggest strengths is that we come to play every day. We really need to notch it up and play better.
advanced excited fun good players watch
We have young studs, ... They are not only really good players but advanced and good people. They know how to act. It's fun to watch these guys. I'm just excited to be a part of it.
broke point reading
I thought it was broke all the way up to the point they were reading the X-rays.
might
I thought it was kind of cool. Might as well do it up right.
capable certainly confident fact feels felt good last respect takes team win
I think we respect the fact of what it takes to win the World Series. I certainly respect that. I felt like they were a really good team last year, so we respect who we're playing. But I also think that everyone in here feels pretty confident about what we're capable of doing.
involved man win
That's the ultimate, man. To win one of those, to be involved in something like that, that's what we all play for.
call might work
I might make a call or two, ... but we need to do our work or it doesn't matter.
exciting feeling level matter moment normal opening playing wait wake
Opening day, you can't wait for it to get here and then you can't wait to get it over with so you can get into your normal routine. It's an exciting day in America. No matter what level you're playing baseball, even back in Little League, there's an exciting feeling about opening day from the moment you wake up.
almost cliff deep games gave starters strong tonight
Our starters go deep into games so often that you almost take it for granted. Cliff gave us another strong one tonight after Scotty (Elarton) had one (Monday).
certainly effect expect happen impact
It certainly doesn't impact me much this year. You never know what's going to happen down the road, but I wouldn't expect it to have much effect on me this year. If it does, then I'm not doing my job, anyway.
believe guys
I don't think you guys believe me, but we really don't care, ... If we play well, we'll be where we want to be.
again backs believe meant ready roll win
I don't think it was meant for us to win today. But I believe this will roll off our backs pretty easily, and we'll be ready to go at it again on Tuesday.
fun pitches tough
He makes tough pitches when he has to. He's been fun to play behind.
control mistakes
He's a control guy, a change-speed guy. He didn't make any mistakes on the big part of the plate. He pitched his game.