Adrian Beltre
Adrian Beltre
Adrián Beltré Pérezis a Dominican professional baseball third baseman for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball. He is known for his prodigious defensive and offensive capabilities, being selected four times each for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, Silver Slugger Award, and MLB All-Star Game. He bats and throws right-handed...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth7 April 1979
CitySanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
play-hard play hard
I don't like to play slow or softly. I like to play hard. Always.
baseball play-hard perfect
I'm not perfect. Nobody's perfect. But I love baseball and I love to play hard.
close expected people
A lot of people expected a lot of things and they should. Sexson's probably doing better than what people think. I'm not doing close to what people think. But that's baseball.
minutes move three tingle
At first I thought it was broken. But after two or three minutes I started to feel a tingle there, and after a while I was able to move my fingers.
behind best finish next start strong team totally year
This has been a totally disappointing year for me, for the team and for the fans. The best any of us can do is put it behind us, finish up strong and start next year fresh.
numbers
I would say it has to be Vinny Castilla. Aramis Ramirez would be up there, but Vinny Castilla has put up some big numbers in his career.
coming consider might worst year
Really, this might be my worst year when you consider all the expectations I had coming in. I thought I'd do a lot more. I thought we'd do a lot better.
needs team
If the team needs me, I want to do it. If they need me at shortstop, I'll play shortstop.
puerto team
He can make the lineup on any team. Especially on our team. If he is able to come back and play with us in Puerto Rico, our team is going to be a lot better.
couple gave hit pitches today
He gave me a couple of pitches to hit today that I should have hit, and I didn't. But the pitches he made in that at-bat were pretty good.
cannot change excuses rookie
I have to get better, but I cannot change the way I play. I'm not a rookie anymore. No more excuses about being young. If I don't do it, I will take all the blame.
batting club hit hitting prefer season whatever work year
I prefer to hit 3-4-5, but I'll do whatever the club needs. I started the season in 2004 hitting seventh, and that didn't work out too bad. By the end of the year I was batting fourth.
ball balls behind breaking inside strikes threw trick trying worked
(Byrd) has always been that kind of pitcher, trying to trick you, keep the ball low, in and out. He threw a lot of strikes, worked it inside and out, threw breaking balls for strikes behind in the count.
arm past picked ran
He picked me up, and that made me feel great, ... When I ran past him going back to the dugout, I tapped him on the arm to say thanks. I wanted him to know he had picked me up.