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
batting felt good practice start
I wanted to go out there and start something. I felt good in batting practice.
far good pitching puerto question
Puerto Rico has a very good team. They have a lot of talent. If they play well they're going to win. They have the bats, so it's a question of how far their pitching can take them.
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.
All around, defensively, offensively, I got to give it to them.
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.
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.
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.