Dave Roberts
Dave Roberts
Outfielder with incredible raw speed and base-stealing skills, he was a member of the 2004 Boston Red Sox won the World Series.
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth31 May 1972
glue guy pivotal rock
He's kind of like the pivotal guy on this team. He's been the rock or the glue or whatever. He's the one guy you don't want to lose.
cake cuts eat government income increases permanent tax wants war
He wants to make the tax cuts permanent that reduces income to the government while we're in war which increases expenses.. I don't know how you can have your cake and eat it to.
game guys inside knows man respect talk
He knows the game inside out. If you talk to guys in their clubhouse, they all respect him as a man and as a manager.
model role ways welcome
There are so many other ways that they could go with their lives. If I can be a role model in any way, I welcome that.
case confident extremely hit matter talked
Khalil and I talked about it, ... He's just extremely confident that he can hit it out in this ballpark, because no matter where you hit it, it can go out of this ballpark. That's not the case in our park.
both good hard hopefully time
Yeah, I think it could have been worse, without a doubt. After the MRIs, hopefully we're going to get good news. It's going to be hard to keep both of us out of the lineup. This time of year, it's hard to keep us out.
best team
We believe, ... we're the best team in baseball.
clearly identify lead problems stated sudden theme
There are clearly stated problems that we have to identify and have to uncover. The overlying theme is things that would lead to sudden incapacitation,
chip coming consistency guys hear looking prove shoulder terrible
We're looking for more consistency out of our team. I think that a lot of guys are still coming in with a little chip on their shoulder because you hear that it was a fluke, it was a terrible division. We're out to prove that we can do it again.
guys opportunity team veteran
We've got a veteran ballclub, and guys who are still very hungry. There's a lot of guys on this team who haven't won. This is an opportunity for us, and we don't want to let it go. There's been no panic, and guys are still banding together.
ninth until wait win
You don't always want to wait until the ninth inning to win games, but we haven't had that. That propels us, to know we can win at any time. You don't want to go into the postseason scuffling.
children reports several shot
We have had several reports of children being shot by them.
easily time
We could easily have quit. This is a time when we could have easily conceded.
early great obvious runs spot today
Today was a do-or-die for them, and he pitched a great game. It's obvious that he is a big-game pitcher. So when you spot him some runs early and he has that cushion, then it makes him that much better.