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
base front guys key
Getting guys on base in front of the big guys, that's the key to this club.
albert came coming felt game good knew reason season sit
For some reason, with Albert coming up to the plate, you just felt good about the situation, ... You can sit there and end your season on saying, 'Hey, he got him out' or 'Albert came through.' Fortunately for us, Albert came through for us and it was, 'Hey, we knew the game wasn't over yet either.'
game heard playing talking
Nobody's talking about that. That's the first I've heard of it. We're just playing each game hard.
ball hit time
Right in that time of day if you hit the ball right there, you can't see it,
biggest lay pitcher start strikes sudden throwing
One of the biggest things, when you have a pitcher throwing a lot of strikes like that, is to not let him get comfortable throwing strike one. If you let him start to feel like he can just lay it in, lay it in, all of a sudden you're behind.
game guy loves playing
Scott's a hard-nosed guy who really understands and loves playing the game.
bad confident freedom pitch upset
I feel very confident with two strikes. I feel it's more of a freedom. I get very upset with myself if I make an out on a bad pitch before two strikes. With two strikes, it's all out the window. I feel free.
five players top twenty watched
Twenty or 30 years from now, you're probably going to say you've watched one of the top five players to ever play this game.
albert gonna throw
Throw Albert in any lineup and it's gonna look great.
average defense guy night plays single
When you have a guy like (Pujols) who every single night comes out and with the lineups we've had has the average he has, the homers he has, the RBIs he has ... and plays defense the way he plays defense, that's (the MVP). It's not even a question.
good opportunity ready
We've got a good opportunity. But we know them; they're going to be ready to play. But we'll show up, too.
capable couple guys hitting home runs
We have a couple of guys capable of hitting a lot of home runs that haven't yet.
hit
When Berkman hit the homer, the place was unbelievable. They were so loud.
chance consistent definitely good
We've definitely got a chance to be a lot more consistent than we've been the first 11 games. We did a lot of good things out there today.