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
When your on-base percentage is over .420 and you have a high strikeout total, ... that's better than hitting 7 home runs and driving in 40 runs. To me, the name of the game is getting on base and scoring runs.
It doesn't mean anything unless you come in and play well tomorrow. It's obviously better to have a one-game lead than a tie, but we still have to come out here and play an important game tomorrow night.
who can change the game around simply with his bat in his hand.
We came into this game with a lot of confidence. We felt like could play well and dominate this game. That's the one thing about baseball. You can't predict what's going to happen.
We could fly to Hawaii right now. We could care less. We're just so happy to be playing a Game 5 right now.
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.
I've had so much success there, it's the place I feel like I've done the most damage. You can't let a game or two over the course of 75 or 100 games determine how you feel.
It's very important. We want to win a lot of games like that this year.
Even with the last pitch of the game, we were surprised the game was over. We feel we will win every game.
It looked to me like he had a little hop in his fastball. I was trying to slow the game down, get a good pitch, get the ball down in the strike zone and then stay inside of it--and I just got lucky.
We're taking every game like it's October, because it is for us.
There's no question there was a momentum change there. He was breezing right along, getting stronger as the game was going along.
There's no question there was a momentum change there, ... He was breezing right along, getting stronger as the game was going along.
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.