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
I love to play basketball, but I haven't played in awhile. But if I could get back on the court and play, I definitely would.
Basketball was always my sport. It just took me until my second year of college for me to realize that I was a better baseball player than a basketball player. But basketball was always my number one love. Finally found out I was better at baseball and chose to pursue that route.
You need something that no one else is using. And something that is clean enough to play around audiences.
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.
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.
I love to eat. I'm not the biggest guy, but I love to eat.
No matter what you do, people are gonna try to emulate you. Whether it's a dunk by Michael Jordan or a swing by Ken Griffey Jr., kids are doing the same things.
It was a good thing that I always had to go somewhere today. You were pulled here, pulled there. It was either an interview with someone, or TV, or it was time to stretch, or get to the batting cage.
Every year we discuss Jackie Robinson Day, which is April 15. We talk about it throughout baseball, promote it throughout baseball.
Either one of us is going to be happy to see one of us playing. We always talk to each other about how to make each other better. We are constantly bouncing ideas off each other.
The Rockies and Diamondbacks are both very exciting teams who are fighting for recognition.
People grow up loving the Yankees and will tell you, and so many people despise the Yankees, and they come from all over the United States.
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.