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
hurt next short team tied
To me, it was just something different. If Ojeda was hurt, I was up to do it. If we had tied the game, I was going to play short the next inning ... just something the team needed.
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.
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.
needs team
If the team needs me, I want to do it. If they need me at shortstop, I'll play shortstop.
aware next pitching staff win
We were aware of their pitching staff and fortunately, we were able to win and this probably bodes well for the (tournament's) next games.
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.
matter
It doesn't matter how old you are; if you can play, you can play, ... He's something. He does it every day.
broken feeling
I thought it was broken at first. I've got the feeling back in it now, so I know it's going to be OK.
pitching
It's going to be harder. ... They have more pitching in the playoffs, the bullpens are better, so it's going to be harder, ... But we still believe.
held physical
It's not a physical thing; my body's held up fine,
baseball days next ready strong
take about 10 days where I don't think about baseball at all. Then I'm going to get ready to come back strong next year.
moves wear
Don't like them, ... I'm not comfortable with them. When you move, it moves around. I never wear one.
hard listen needed truth
Everything he said was true. It's not hard to listen to the truth. It's something we needed to hear.
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.