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
guess might sleep
Guess what? If we're going to be a champion, we've got to come back. We might not be able to sleep tonight, but that's normal.
bottom champion guess line
Guess what, if we're going to be a champion we've got to come back. The bottom line is we still have life.
hanging knock
Knock on wood, I've been hanging in there.
mattered stepping understanding
Just stepping to the plate, just understanding it's you vs. him, that's all that really mattered at that point.
favorite love point time
I know that at some point in time it's going to be on. I love it, it's one of my favorite plays.
best easy gets hard together
He's one of the best closers in the game, ... It's very difficult, and it's big for us to try to keep him out of the game. If he gets in there, we've got to put together quality, hard at-bats. We can't give up anything easy for him.
calming feeling plate win
I'll take my chances, win or lose, ... It's a calming feeling to be up at the plate at that time.
great hope
I hope not. Because if it does, you're in trouble. He's got some great stuff.
balls base played second time
I played second base all my life. The only time I backhanded balls was on dives.
almost freedom love matter pitch swing
I feel almost like a freedom. You get to swing at a pitch no matter where it is. I love it.
brothers four herself job mom orders sisters strict
I had strict orders from Day One that I have a job to do, and I need to do my job. I do have four other brothers and sisters who were able to be there, so it wasn't like my mom was by herself or anything like that. But yeah, there were strict orders that I don't come home.
fighting life single
In Anaheim, you were fighting for your life every single night,
came facing maybe pitching today until
I had been facing live pitching right up until I came here. So it wasn't as different for me today as maybe some other guys.
coaches consider focus heard main players playing
I had heard other players say 'when you play in St. Louis, you don't want to leave,' ... When you consider it, playing here is a no-brainer. It's awesome, from the organization to the manager, to the coaches to the fans. The main focus here is on winning.