Carl Crawford
Carl Crawford
Carl Demonte Crawford, nicknamed "The Perfect Storm", is an American professional baseball player who is a free agent. He bats and throws left-handed...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth5 August 1981
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
anybody ask besides gets hits home nice plays record run
I like the 4,000 hits. That's the one that gets me. That's a lot of hits. That's the most eye-popping record to me besides the home run record. You ask anybody who plays the game, that's a nice record to have. The most hits ever?
catch front home numbers pitches pull runs selective somebody teach trying
I'm trying to be more selective and getting pitches to drive. I'm also trying to catch pitches out front more, ... Once I have somebody teach how to do that consistently, I won't have to pull my home runs all the time. And that's when my numbers will go up more.
attention bags happen holding paying pitchers runners slide step
That's a lot of bags. That will never happen again. Pitchers are holding runners on way better. They're paying a lot of attention to us with slide step and all. I don't think anybody's going to get 100 bags (in a season) again.
running games would-be
Nobody even mentioned the word losing, losing games. We know we've been a losing franchise. He just wanted to say something back like he's always running his mouth. That's what he does. He runs his mouth all the time. Nobody was blaming him for anything. For him to come back at me was a personal attack. I feel that if there is anything that he is unsure about, tell him I would be more than happy to say it in his face, or any kind of other way, that would make him understand.
coming knew run
We wanted to try and get at least one run because we knew who was coming up for them.
game hit home last needs runs trying whatever within year
Last year I was trying to hit home runs too much. This year I'm going to play within the game. Whatever the game needs for us to win, that's what I'm going to do.
bases everybody figure hit home runs
Stealing bases is just something I like to do. I figure if I can hit home runs and steal bases, I'd be different than everybody else.
antsy forward looking pace sure wants
I'm looking forward to it. I'm a little antsy right now. I just have to make sure I just keep at the pace everyone wants me to go at and go from there.
happiness happy knew pitch
Everyone knew he'd come back and pitch well. I'm just happy he's OK.
happiness happy knew pitch
Not the way he was pitching. Everyone knew he'd come back and pitch well. I'm just happy he's OK.
came games happen matter whoever
It was just one of those games. It didn't matter what (Waechter) did. The way they came out, it was going to happen to whoever pitched.
bone bruise definitely fine found four game gotten months patient season six start takes wait wind
Once I found out it was a bone bruise and it takes four to six months to heal, then I was fine with that. It's only been four months, and it's definitely gotten better. ... I just have to be patient and wait for it to heal. I mean, if the season was going to start today, I'd wind up playing. It's not one of those things where I'm going to be out. If we had to play a game today, I'd be ready.
glad hate mostly scared somebody
I'm glad to see him back out there pitching, ... I was mostly scared for his health. He is important to their team. You hate to see somebody go down like that.
carry definitely everybody field games hard help lead means middle playing ready room somebody standing team telling whose win
I just want to come in and be myself, you know. And that means go out and play hard every day. Try to help the team win games. When you say a leader, you usually think about somebody whose standing in the middle of the room telling everybody stuff. I don't know if I'll be that person, but I'll definitely try to lead by the way I'm playing on the field or by the way I carry myself on and off the field, the way I get ready to play the games every day.