Aaron Rowand
Aaron Rowand
Aaron Ryan Rowandis an American former professional baseball center fielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giants...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth29 August 1977
CityPortland, OR
attitude believe early helps learn mental mistakes side trying winning work
Sometimes you're lucky, sometimes you make your own luck. You can learn from losing, as in what mistakes you made. I believe winning is an attitude. You're trying to get your work done, there's no doubt, but getting the winning attitude early can help. Winning helps the mental side of the game.
ball capable hard hit impress instead regardless square tendency trying
You have a tendency to try to want to impress regardless of what you've done in the past. It's just competitive nature. I really think I've been trying to hit the ball too hard instead of just doing what I know I'm capable of doing and trying to square the ball up.
accomplish everybody takes today trying
We're trying to accomplish one goal. That's to get to the World Series. It takes everybody and today everybody contributed.
adjusted attention ball batting carries eyes pay practice sure tendencies trying week
It's going to take some getting used to. I think it will probably take me about a week to get adjusted to the way the ball carries here and the tendencies in the gaps. I've been trying to pay attention in batting practice and make sure I keep my eyes on the ball and make sure I get there before the ball comes down so I can make any adjustments if I need to.
face hit pole run trying
You're going to end up on your face before you hit the pole trying to get up the hill. If you hit it, you hit it, so what? I've run into a lot more things.
attention ball came flew great pay trying
I was just trying to pay attention to the way the ball flew and the way it came off the bat. It's a great ballpark. Beautiful.
guys happen job trying
Guys were trying to get the job done today. But it just didn't happen for us.
believes division everybody finish forward fourth hard last looking next picked win year
We were picked to finish fourth last year. Everybody in here believes we can compete. You can't win the division by looking forward to the end of the year or the next game. You just have to play hard and concentrate on each game.
matter
I've bounced around so much that it doesn't matter where I hit. I'm comfortable anywhere.
both hit plays scouting
I've never had back-to-back plays like that. We had scouting reports, and both times they hit it the other way.
bit
Probably not, but we'll take any bit we can.
everybody red
Everybody wanted to see it. I told the guys, I want a red one.
city mall people surprise turned
The Sox never did anything like this, going from city to city, mall to mall. It's been a surprise with all the people who have turned out.
leg lifted plate time using
(Cook) was using that (slide step) to the plate before that, so this time he lifted his leg and I thought that he was going to the plate.