Curtis Granderson
Curtis Granderson
Curtis Granderson, Jr.is an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. He has also played in MLB for the Detroit Tigersand the New York Yankees. He throws right handed and bats left handed. While primarily a center fielder throughout his career, Granderson transitioned to right field in 2014 for the Mets...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth16 March 1981
CityBlue Island, IL
CountryUnited States of America
It's funny: I kinda still float under the radar. I'm not tall like a New York Knick; I'm not a heavy, strong New York Giant or New York Jet. I blend in pretty well. A lot of people don't recognize me too many places. More men recognize me than women.
You need something that no one else is using. And something that is clean enough to play around audiences.
Japan has one of them crazy robot shortstops,
Our team goal is pretty simple ... basically prepare ourselves to play for nine innings every day, every series, and against every opponent. For me individually, it's more of just trying to play my role the best I can every day.
Even on home runs that I hit in the past, guys were like, 'Man, you need to slow down. You've got that one.
The simple approach is that if I stay aggressive, I'll hit less often with two strikes in the count. I've been aggressive, but I've missed pitches. If I can put them in play earlier in the count, I eliminate the two-strike approach.
Whenever I get a chance, I'm trying to take the extra base and make them make a play on me. I'm not going to stop looking for the extra base unless the scoreboard tells me.
A lot of people have told me real New Yorkers are Mets fans
When you're losing, you see what your team is made of.
Any of the the 30 ball clubs have a chance at success, and the fans know that. It keeps everything exciting.
Some people could say, well, he's been away from the game and the game has changed. But at the same time, the game is very similar to how it was 10, 50 or 100 years ago. So whatever he did that was successful then still carries over now. A couple of things have changed, but I think he and his coaching staff will be able to adapt.
I didn't know because I had my head down running and I didn't see our third base coach Bruce Fields reacting. I thought it either bounced in or was foul but I saw them arguing so I thought I better go touch home plate before they call me out for going to the dugout.
For the most part, I don't think I'm any different than anybody else.
I feel like kids in general, not just African-American kids, are influenced by what they see, both positive and negative.