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
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.
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.
alert aware comeback friday knew night talked win won yesterday
I talked to him for 10 minutes. He was alert and knew what was going on. He knew about our comeback win on Friday night and knew what I had done. He knew we had won yesterday and was well aware of all the situations.
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,
game opportunity squeeze win
You like to win the game but there's something about the squeeze play. It's do or die. I get more opportunity to do that, too.
absolutely caught games means winning
Winning two games means absolutely nothing. We don't get caught up in all that, even when it is the World Series.
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.
beat box confidence knew win woke
That's when we really knew we could beat the best. That woke up everything for us. Confidence doesn't show up in the box score, but it's so important. After that, we knew we could win it all.
double key matter plays turn winning
Double plays are key to winning championships, ... No matter the situation, we try to turn everything.
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.