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
focus littles middle
My focus is to stay up the middle. If I'm a little early I'll hit it to left, if I'm a little late, I'll hit it to right.
play excuse injury
Injuries are injuries, everybody has them. You play with it. I don't make excuses.
jobs get-better knows
I know what my job is. I know what I've got to do. I've got to keep getting better.
team play fans
You play for the team, you don't play for the fans.
team trying stuff
I just go out there and try to help my teammates any way I can. They are on me a lot to be in the lineup and do stuff for the team, but sometimes it's just...frustrating.
fans prove
I just have to prove to myself, I don't have to prove to fans.
thinking people firsts
People think the leadoff spot is a big deal. I tell people you're going to lead off the first inning, and after that, you can be a No. 4 hitter or No. 3 hitter.
years trying adjustment
Every year I try to make adjustments and learn.
faced good guys score time
We didn't score any runs, but that's okay. I think this is the first time these guys have faced high-level pitchers. It's good for them to see and now they can make their adjustments.
fastball guys mistakes
When guys make mistakes you have to take advantage. He made a mistake with the fastball the first time.
lifting maybe solid team
They're a real solid team now, Maybe I'm not lifting enough weights.
All around, defensively, offensively, I got to give it to them.
help playing records team worrying
A record's a record. When you're done playing, those records can stand. Right now, I'm going out there and playing to help my team win. I'm not worrying about any records.
looking near people played scoreboard talk washington
Some people like to put up numbers. I play to win. I didn't know how many homers I had near the end of the season, but we played Washington and they always talk junk, so I started looking at the scoreboard and that got me going.