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
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.
calming plate step
It's pretty calming to step to the plate in that situation.
besides body calming focus plate reason step type
The one thing I didn't want to do was get into any type of jumpiness, ... Any type of anything in my body besides just focus on the baseball. And it's pretty calming to step into at the plate in that situation. I have no idea, no reason why.
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.
kids problem sister worse
When my sister has the two kids (and) the two of them look like they're going to have the same problem in life, it just is like, 'Yeah, this can end now. But there are so many worse things that could happen.
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.
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.
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.
guys
Because if he's up we've got at least two guys on and we have a chance.
albert gonna throw
Throw Albert in any lineup and it's gonna look great.
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.
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.