Chone Figgins
Chone Figgins
Desmond DeChone "Chone" Figginsis an American former professional baseball third baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Seattle Mariners, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Figgins was a utility player, playing all positions except catcher, pitcher, and first base...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth22 January 1978
catch game
It will take only one game for him to catch me.
base create extra game stealing stolen taking third
That's our game and that's my job, to create havoc. If the stolen base is there, I'll take it, but it's not just stealing bases; it's going first to third and taking the extra base. We have to keep up the pressure.
couple everybody family watch
Everybody's here, ... And then I have family from Georgia, so they come down to see everybody and watch a couple of games.
balls blocking charge means pick pitchers throwing wary
They have to really be on their toes. The outfielders have to charge balls, the catcher's got to be wary of blocking balls, pitchers have to pick at the corners, and when they pick, that means throwing more pitches.
blocking charge means pick pitchers throwing wary
They have to really be on their toes, ... The outfielders have to charge balls, the catcher's got to be wary of blocking balls, pitchers have to pick at the corners, and when they pick, that means throwing more pitches.
aggressive matter situation
I'm going to try and just be aggressive no matter what the situation is,
ball hard hit miss pitches
We just got pitches to hit and we didn't miss them. When you get pitches to hit, you can't miss them. We put the ball in play hard today.
hit miss pitches
We just got pitches to hit and we didn't miss them,
chip pressure putting runners running
We chip away and chip away. That's just the way we play. We keep putting runners on and keep putting pressure on people.
baseman gold great guys second win
We've got a first baseman, shortstop and second baseman that I think should win a Gold Glove. Those guys are great in the infield.
angel baseball continuing good happened last swings worry
You don't worry about what happened last year, ... We just think about continuing to play Angel baseball -- put good swings on the ball and play good defense. To me, that's why we're successful.
crazy happening playing
There's some crazy things happening right now, but we're all right. You just keep playing through.
bunt coming touch
The touch is coming back, which is good. I'm just getting a feel for it. I'm not going to go up there and think bunt every at-bat, but more situational.
job
That's my job, to try and get on base. I'm not used to doing things like that.