Conor Jackson
Conor Jackson
Conor Sims Jacksonis a former American professional baseball first baseman and left fielder. He bats and throws right-handed. He is 6'2" and roughly 225 pounds. His father is actor John M. Jackson...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth7 May 1982
CityAustin, TX
learning situations ways
I've still got a ways to go, but it's a learning experience. You're going to be put into situations you've never been put in before and you learn from them.
percent
I still don't feel 100 percent comfortable up there (at the plate), either. But when I do, I'll know it and I'll tell you.
bit caught crossed knew plays rushed tag
I should have caught it. It was one of those plays where I knew it was going to take me off and I knew it was going to be a tag play, and I just got crossed up a little bit and kind of rushed it.
advantage bases double loaded stay took
With the bases loaded and one out, I wanted to stay out of the double play. He got something up in the zone, and I took advantage of it.
ball hits hitting home last matter runs score situations ways whether worried
It's the last thing I'm worried about. Even if it doesn't come, there are a lot more ways to score runs than hitting home runs. As long as you get big hits in big situations it doesn't matter whether it's a long ball or not.
bit harder last prove stay work year
It's made me work a little bit harder because I want to stay on this time. I want to play every day. Last year I really didn't prove I could.
It's just one of those things. They've all been on different pitches.
gets monkey
This is really good. It gets the monkey off my back.
ball good grip home knew matter quick rushed staying talked turn
I rushed it a little bit. I couldn't get a good grip on it. It was a bang-bang play, a 50-50 shot. We had talked about it right before that if it was a ball to me, I was going home no matter what. If he was staying I wasn't going to turn two. I knew I was going home the whole way, I just couldn't get it quick enough.
gone last until wherever year
Last year I wasn't comfortable when I got put into that situation. I had been comfortable wherever I'd gone until then.
baseball carry hot plans spring training year
Spring Training doesn't go on the back of your baseball card, but this is one of my plans for the year ... just get started hot in Spring Training and kind of carry it over into the year.
feet last wet
I just feel better and a little more comfortable. I got my feet wet last year.
good grip throw
I probably would have got him out with a good throw on a bang-bang play, but I couldn't get a good grip on it. It's one play, and I'm not really going to let it get to me.
bad drawing junior month sophomore struggling swinging year
I had a pretty big sophomore year and I think my junior year I was struggling the first month or so because I was swinging at bad pitches. That was when I really started drawing walks.