David Eckstein
David Eckstein
David Mark Ecksteinis a retired American professional baseball player who was an infielder in Major League Baseball for ten seasons. He played college baseball for the University of Florida, and has played professionally for the Anaheim Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres. Eckstein won the 2006 World Series Most Valuable Player Award...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 January 1975
CitySanford, FL
beautiful definitely era history last miss opening torn tradition year
Last year had a lot of tradition and a lot of history and now we're opening up something new -- and it's beautiful. It's a new era of baseball. You definitely miss the old stadium, but now you have something as beautiful as this. You're kind of torn between them both.
game opportunity squeeze win
You like to win the game but there's something about the squeeze play. It's do or die. I get more opportunity to do that, too.
found help hole
You just want to find some way to help the team. I know it wasn't really pretty but it just found a hole and I was able to do the job.
ball close late possible sink
You just try to see the ball up ... His ball has so much sink and so much run, I just try to get as close to him as possible and try to take away that late break.
absolutely caught games means winning
Winning two games means absolutely nothing. We don't get caught up in all that, even when it is the World Series.
guys jobs key lose stepped stepping
Those guys are stepping up big when we lose key guys. They have stepped in and done unbelievable jobs.
ball doubt fantastic job location throwing throws today watch
Without a doubt, ... His location was unbelievable. You watch the film and he throws the ball up a lot, but today he was throwing the ball down, right at the knees, on the corners. He did a fantastic job tonight.
game outside played playing tried
We played this same game all season. We haven't tried to do anything different here. We're not playing outside our capabilities. This is how we do it.
ashley mom planning wedding
We had a lot of last-minute planning to do, a lot of things. But her mom did a lot with the wedding and Ashley did a lot, too.
We had our chances. We just didn't hit.
bothering cover run
We had our chances. I think his hamstring was bothering him. There was a play when he didn't run to cover first base. There may be something there.
people
Yeah, that's what people say. We'll see if that's true. But I know that in this lineup, I'm just going to do everything I can to get on base. That's my job.
fans hate playing raise takes turn
It's like when I was playing in the Angels-Oakland games. That's not a rivalry. When fans hate the other fans, that's what makes it a big-time rivalry. These are big games. If we keep doing it over and over again, we can turn it into that, but it takes the fans to raise it to that level.
buzz fun
It's pretty loud. The whole game, there's like a buzz going through (the stands). It's nice, it was fun going out there.