Andruw Jones
Andruw Jones
Andruw Rudolf Jonesis a Curaçaoan professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseballmost notably for the Atlanta Braves. Jones also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees, and in Nippon Professional Baseballfor the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Jones was a noted defensive specialist for most of his career and won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award for outfielders every year from 1998 through 2007. Jones also had an elite...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 April 1977
advantage affected last swing three
My last three at-bats, I didn't really feel good. I started getting some back spasms and it kind of affected my swing a little bit. It's no excuse. We had opportunities to take the lead. We didn't take advantage of it, and that's what happens.
advantage against games good lose previous row runs score
When you lose two games in a row and you have some opportunities to score some runs and you don't take advantage of them, it can be frustrating. But we have two more games against these guys. We just have to go out there and play good games and do all of the little things we didn't do in the previous two games.
high hit home
That's probably true. They probably do. They're young and they hit a lot of home runs. And they all hit for high averages. And they have so many. We are just three.
facing
It's going to be nice, but we're still facing Pedro tonight.
good past perform pitchers proud starting
It's good to see our starting pitchers go out and perform the way they did the past two days. I'm really proud of the way they've been pitching.
balls came dirt grass hand trap
It was close, but I had it. You don't trap balls with your hand like that. When I came up there was no dirt or grass on the ball.
great talent
It's great to see. There's a lot of talent down there.
chance enjoy everybody good hit home people run telling wish
It's a good thing. A lot of people don't get a chance to hit that many home runs. On the other side, I really don't enjoy it that much because with the loss, I was telling everybody that I wish I could have hit a home run when we were winning.
age chance goal good hit home people wish
It's a good accomplishment. A lot of people didn't get a chance at that young age to hit 300 home runs. It's a good feeling. But I wish I could have hit it when we won. My goal is to win. Stats are stats.
good helped kinds means month team
It means you helped your team in that month in all kinds of ways. I just had a good month.
beat good teams
We'll see what happens. All these other teams are getting good and we still have the same team. We're the team to beat and we'll see what happens.
thinking average people
I want to be more consistent. I wanna get hits. I wanna get my average back up where people think I can hit.
guy reactions seeing
I love taking hits away from guys and seeing their reaction.
dad player taught
My dad taught me how to play. He was a great amateur player in Curacao.