Adam Kennedy
Adam Kennedy
Adam Thomas Kennedyis an American former Major League Baseball second baseman. He played for the Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Washington Nationals, Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Dodgers and had two stints with the St. Louis Cardinals...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth10 January 1976
CityRiverside, CA
nights stay surprised works
I wouldn't say it surprised me, but you have to stay ready. On nights like this when you get the opportunity, you want to be ready. Sometimes it works for you and sometimes it doesn't.
deal
I wouldn't say I'm surprised. You just deal with it.
aggressive behind fall stay trying
I was just trying to stay aggressive and try not to fall behind in the count.
dig dirt hopefully positive run
Hopefully they'll run out of dirt to dig up. I don't know if anything positive will come out of it anyway.
bag closer cover double pitches played step took trying
I had him played a little to the hole, a step closer to the bag to try and make the double play. I could see on the first two pitches that he wasn't trying to do too much. I took a step to my right to try and cover a little more ground.
guy offense rely streak work
It has to be that way. We've done it before, when you go through a streak and rely on one guy and the offense doesn't work that way.
community pull supports together tough works
Claxton's a community that works well together. They pull together, especially in tough times. They celebrate, if there's something to celebrate, the community comes together to celebrate. If we go through a tough time, the community comes together and supports each other.
bat good
I really think it's all in your head. I always say it's just the bat and the ball. If you're a good hitter, you're a good hitter.
men sit waiting
Homers are nice, especially with men on base. But we don't sit around waiting for them.
buy constantly expensive guys thinking
If guys get in a slump, they go buy a more expensive bat, thinking they're going to do better. Some guys constantly rotate bats.
both continue decision help speak team trying versus whatever
I can only play well and continue to try and help the team and that will speak for itself. Whatever happens, so be it and make the decision tough. I'm not trying to think about it as him versus me, but both of us working together. I think that is the way to look at it.
bat good pitching swing
In the playoffs, you're going to see good pitching so it's going to take everybody. But having Garret swing the bat like that will be big for us.
expect played tough win
It was not very well played by us. It is tough to expect a win when we don't play very well.
expect played tough win
It was not very well played by us. It is tough to expect a win when we don't play very well.