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
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.
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.'
believe watch
Watch this. Froze him like you wouldn't believe. Definitely, he has not just a fastball.
gone handle help life perspective puts situations win
What they've gone through, it puts a lot of things in perspective and that perspective will help you handle the situations in that you know win or lose, life is still going to go on,
absolutely everybody field home kid thinks
When I'm off the field I do absolutely nothing. Everybody thinks I'm a hyperactive kid because of the way I play, but when I go home I'm the calmest, most laid-back person you'd ever want to meet.
coming excellent playing
We're having excellent at-bats through the whole lineup. When we're playing our best, it's coming from one through nine.
field held home stay wait
We held home field advantage. One thing we've got to do, we've got to stay aggressive. We can't wait to get over there.
creating definitely execute game inside moving needs prepared situations staying whatever
There is definitely a lot more to it than show up and swing. I'm working on staying inside the ball, working on different hit-and-runs, moving runners, creating situations in your head. So when the game comes up, you're prepared to execute whatever needs to be executed.
behind complete control knew meaning
I was in complete control. I knew what I was saying. I had a meaning behind it,
game guys key runs
That could come down to a 1-0 game with those guys on the mound. So it was very key for us to go out there and get some runs early.
club double extended extra fortunate hard key line ran runs score turn
That was the key right there. That extended the inning. He could have just jogged down the line and let them turn a double play. We're fortunate he ran hard and through the base. But this club does that. We're able to score extra runs because of that.
club double extended extra fortunate hard key line ran runs score turn
That was the key right there, ... That extended the inning. He could have just jogged down the line and let them turn a double play. We're fortunate he ran hard and through the base. But this club does that. We're able to score extra runs because of that.
best earlier extra guy opportunity time win
That was one time that I was not going to take the extra base. If it was earlier in the game, I probably was going to take the extra base. You've got to give your best guy the opportunity to win the game.
ask best drive early efficient gotten hard hitting left line pitch pull season stay talk turn work
That's the one thing early in the season ... I wasn't being efficient to the pull side. I've gotten pitches, and I need to turn on them. If you ask Hal, I am hitting my best when I'm able to hit the hard line drive to left field. That's something we talk about and work on because if I hit that pitch well and stay on the pitch, I will hit the line drive to right field.