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
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.
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.
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.
To this point, it was the biggest game of the year for us. It was a lot more important game for us than it was for the Red Sox.
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.
I told them I was disappointed with the back-and-forth, with the leaking of information, especially with me not being involved in any way, shape or form.
It's obvious that he's going through a lot of things right now. The fact that he's out there tells you how important these games are for us and what kind of a person he is. In the state of mind he's in, for him to hit that ball the way he did, it was a great momentum changer for us.
David Ortiz is an unbelievable offensive player. He's one of those special players, along with Barry Bonds, who can change a game just with the bat in his hands.