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
lifting maybe solid team
They're a real solid team now, Maybe I'm not lifting enough weights.
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.
atmosphere year
I think there's a different atmosphere because of all the young guys. I think that's why this year is special.
help stay step time
I wasn't doing well at the time. I was frustrated. It was time for me to step up, ... I wanted to help us get consistent, get into first place and stay there.
good numbers
It is good to be out there with some numbers like that.
anywhere bobby camp knows military ready
I wouldn't know what to do anywhere else. Bobby doesn't put us through military camp out of the gate. He knows what we need to be ready for the season.
fastball guys mistakes
When guys make mistakes you have to take advantage. He made a mistake with the fastball the first time.
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.
battle excuses game guys
We know they're out, but we can't make excuses about it. We just have to go out there and play our game and battle with the guys we've got.
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.
It's no big deal. It's one loss. We had opportunities, we didn't take advantage.
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.
great talent
It's great to see. There's a lot of talent down there.