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
baseball play-hard perfect
I'm not perfect. Nobody's perfect. But I love baseball and I love to play hard.
against coming future game hall knew pitcher
When we knew this game was coming we thought it would be something special, and it was. You have a Hall of Famer against a young pitcher who is something special. In 10-15 years we may look back at this game and say it was a Hall of Famer against a future Hall of Famer.
cameras couple frankie frustrated good guys taken understand
Guys get frustrated like Frankie did, and I understand that, ... If it had taken place out of sight, that would have been one thing. But there were cameras there. There was no way it was going to end good like that, so something had to be done. And it wasn't just me. It was a couple of guys.
good isolate last season
Had a pretty good season if you can isolate it from last year.
care clip frankie guess looked room saw turn
Frankie called my room and told me to turn on ESPN, ... If all you saw was that one clip they had and nothing else, I guess it looked like a fight. That's OK. I don't care what they say.
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.
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.
career four hit third worst
If they'd hit another grounder to me, I'd have had four errors. This is the worst day of my career at third base.
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.
needs team
If the team needs me, I want to do it. If they need me at shortstop, I'll play shortstop.
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.
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.