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
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.
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.
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.
comforting starters
It's very comforting to look in today's starters and see his name.
cut freddy great league matter playing seem six stuff tonight work
They seem to be playing pretty good, so everyone in the American League has their work cut out for them. It doesn't really matter that we got to their bullpen. I mean, what's the difference? Freddy didn't have his great stuff tonight and he still battled through six innings.
bats bends handle seem
A lot of new bats have a handle that bends on impact. I don't really like that. They don't seem to have as much pop.
fair fastball hit johnson randy runs threw
Randy threw well tonight. We got some things going off of Johnson and when we did, we got some runs out of it. I hit a fastball in, and all I wanted to do was keep it fair and hit it hard.
argue bit teams
Offensively, you can argue there are some teams out there that are a little bit more well-balanced than us, especially with the power.
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.
cost days defense pitcher run sharp stay
You're going to have your 0-for-4 days, but you don't want to have days on defense when you're going to cost the pitcher a run or two, so you have to stay sharp on defense.
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.
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.