Andy Van Slyke
Andy Van Slyke
Andrew James Van Slykeis an American retired Major League Baseballcenter fielder...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth21 December 1960
CountryUnited States of America
goes life
It's a lot like life. I think 99 percent of what goes on in life, we have very little control over.
meals minors adjustment
The biggest adjustment from the minors was learning to spend $45 in meal money.
play league guy
I can only guess that, for guys in their 30s and 40s who watched me play, they understood that the score never mattered and my paycheck never mattered (in relation) to how I played. I played with Little League enthusiasm and professional flair. That's what fans are really looking for.
way certain wanted
I always respected Barry Bonds, and I wanted to let him know that I did in a certain way.
baseball father kids
I don't care what you do - baseball or politics - George W. Bush is always going to be compared to his father. I just want it to be an easy answer in 50 years - Who was the better player, me, or my kids? I want it to be my kids.
mother defense good-mother
Good mothers are underrated, just like good defense.
sports morning reading
With the Cardinals everybody would be reading the business section to see what their stocks were doing. You get to this locker room (Pirates) in the morning and everybody is looking at the sports page to see if Hulk Hogan won.
country baseball giving
Who says there's an unemployment problem in this country? Just take the five percent unemployed and give them a baseball stat to follow.
games gamer satan
It seems like Satan has thrown the DH into our game.
sports years names
Last year we had so many people coming in and out they didn't bother to sew their names on the backs of the uniforms. They just put them there with Velcro.
nhl pittsburgh mario
Mario Lemieux is Mr. Pittsburgh.
play way ifs
If everyone were like him (Mitch Williams) I wouldn't play. I'd find a safer way to make a living.
sports baseball beer
If someone from Germany or somewhere, who had no idea what baseball was, saw Kruk play, he'd wonder what the beer truck driver was doing playing first base.
games keys valleys
The game is full of peaks and valleys, the key is to avoid the Grand Canyon.