Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez
Alexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez, nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American professional baseball designated hitter for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers. Rodriguez was one of the sport's most highly touted prospects and is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. During his 20-year career, Rodriguez has amassed a .297 batting average, 696 home runs, over 2000 runs batted in, over 2000 runs scored, and over...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 July 1975
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I don't know if we're ready. I don't think we're July ready. But it's hard when you wear this uniform to go between the white lines and say, 'OK, I'm going to play 60 or 70 percent.' That's where I hope people don't get hurt, where your mind wants to be in July but your body is still in the middle of March.
He throws his entire body at you with 96- to 97-mph speed. We took some good swings at him. But he has good stuff. You tip your cap to him.
He threw me a 2-0 slider and I hit it pretty hard, straight into the ground. I thought it had a chance, but he was playing me to pull. Those are the things. When you have so many different opportunities and don't get the big hit . . .
Games like this, you've got to be ready. It seems like we were not quite on our 'A' game.
We need to do better, we need better results,
We thought so, but we didn't know what to expect. Santana seemed like he got his rhythm and pitched extremely well.
To me that was like hitting a walk-off grand slam. That was fun. With Mo being out today that was a huge win for us.
Familiarity has a lot to do with it. We haven't seen a lot of the Korean and Japanese pitchers. But when we face Mexico, it's more like a major league game to us.
We don't want to give any at-bats away. We had tonight what we have to have, a blue-collar approach.
We don't want to be in that situation again. We realize that was way too big a hole that we built ourselves and it was a miracle that we actually won the division. We know that every game in April shows up in September.
We really came into this game with a lot of confidence. It felt like we could play well and dominate this game.
We would love be 9-5 or something like that. But we've been on the road for basically 14 days. We're very excited to get home.
We would have liked to have stayed three or four more days, but now we go back to work. And now people feel like the vacation is over and now is the time for the real work.
We would have liked to be 9-5 or better. But it's certainly felt like an extended spring training (being away). It's going to be nice to be coming home.