Carlos Delgado
Carlos Delgado
Carlos Juan Delgado Hernándezis a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player. With 473 home runs and 1,512 RBI, he holds the all-time home run and RBI records among Puerto Rican players. He is one of only six players in Major League history to hit 30 home runs in ten consecutive seasons, becoming the fourth player to do so...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth25 June 1972
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We can't control what the other teams do. One thing that we have going for us, or against us depending how you look at it, is that we're playing teams in our division and teams that are in the wild-card race. We've got the opportunity to make it or break it.
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We'll be playing exhibition games anyway, so I don't think it will be any different. You can get hurt doing anything. ... You can't live your life scared, so you've got to just go out and play.
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You don't see 162 games in San Juan. This is their chance to watch big-league players in real games. ... This is a unique event because you're playing against teams you don't normally play against.
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This is pretty special. It's exciting, just because you know you're playing meaningful games.
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I think the unique thing about this type of event is that you have players playing against other players you never play against. Especially in Puerto Rico, we're excited about having a game against Cuba.
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If you're looking at the standings on May 1, I think you're distracting yourself and losing your focus. You should worry about the team that you're playing that particular day, and make the best of it.
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We are celebrating 14 years since February 4 and saying to the imperialists that the people will never again kneel before their aggression. They are provoking Venezuela and we won't let that happen.
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The situation with the Marlins, getting rid of some of their players, has given me a great opportunity in New York,
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There's something about opening day. The uniforms look a little whiter. The fans are fired up. I just want to enjoy it.
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At the beginning, that was their approach, ... It doesn't matter if you're Latin, American or Italian, if we're going to talk business, talk business. I'm not doing you any favors, you're not doing me any favors because we're speaking in Spanish. I'm a man first.
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Dontrelle Willis I'm going to describe in one word: He is phenomenal, ... He loves to help the ballclub, and as tough as it is to watch when he dives headfirst, it only shows you what kind of intensity he brings to the game.
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Cuba is a world-class team. A tournament like this provides an opportunity for all teams to be measured against each other.
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There's no such thing as a missing piece. I'm glad they brought me over here.
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We've made it tough for ourselves. It won't be an easy battle. But if we're going to go down, we're going to go down swinging.