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
fun gets opportunity throw
It never gets old having the opportunity to throw some champagne. This is so much fun.
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.
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.
double key matter plays turn winning
Double plays are key to winning championships, ... No matter the situation, we try to turn everything.
matter score turn
Don't turn the channel, ... no matter what the score is.
guys
Because if he's up we've got at least two guys on and we have a chance.
capable couple guys hitting home runs
We have a couple of guys capable of hitting a lot of home runs that haven't yet.
envelope happen hit lay management pushed ran
We didn't lay back and let things happen today, ... We hit and ran and just pushed the envelope all day, that really show Tony's management style.
expected home pack plans win
We expected to win. I didn't even pack anything (Wednesday) or make any plans for getting home because I thought we would win tonight.
balls eight hard nine pitcher throw
You get a pitcher to throw eight balls in a row like that (actually eight balls in nine pitches), and it can be hard for him to get back in the zone.
realm
It's just a whole different realm of a leadoff man. You've got to be patient.
game games gotten guys hungry last played tasted three
You play this game to get a ring, and anything less, it's very dissatisfying (not to get one) once you've tasted it. Our club's hungry because a lot of guys haven't gotten the ring. You can see that in the last three games we played (all victories).
club
This club is very tough, very resilient, and we're going to be tested.