Edgar Renteria
Edgar Renteria
Édgar Enrique Rentería Herazo, nicknamed "The Barranquilla Baby," is a Colombian former professional baseball shortstop. He threw and batted right-handed. He played for the Florida Marlins, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Boston Red Sox, the Atlanta Braves, the Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth7 August 1975
CityBarranquilla, Colombia
anybody bad early feeling help spring talk
Anybody can have a bad year. It's too early to talk about how I'm going to do this season. But from the first day of spring training, I have been feeling good. I think I can help this team.
felt good guys spring
There's a lot of good guys in this clubhouse. I felt comfortable from the first day of spring training. They know how to play the game.
feels meant
I just want to get a ring. It feels like I was always meant to play here.
advantage ball hard hit looking lucky patience pitch struggling throwing waiting
I have patience. I'm waiting for my pitch, and I've been lucky they've been throwing the pitch where I've been looking for it and I've hit it. When you have things going you get hits. When you're struggling you hit the ball hard right at somebody. You have to take advantage when you can.
deal
I never got booed before and I didn't know how to deal with that. I don't have anything to prove.
hit
We hit hard. I thought Manny was going to be all right because he's a big man. I'm so skinny.
best hitting knew
To me, he was one of the best hitting coaches. When he said something, it was true. You knew he knew hitting.
communication
The most important thing is communication. If we have the communication, I think we could be good.
bring player prepared slow start work
I work to bring everything together, but sometimes you start slow and sometimes you start quick. Every player is different. I know I'm going to be prepared to start fast.
believe good players teammates
One of my teammates told me about the record. I thought it would be longer. They've had a lot of good players come through this team, a lot of good hitters. I can't believe it's not more than 16 games.
games league national took
Now that's a National League game. When I was in the American League, the games took 4 hours, 4 1/2 hours. That's a long game. I don't really like it. Over here, you play the game, do what you have to do, and go home.
feels good won
About time, ... It was a good one, too. It feels good because we won the game, that's most important.
change everybody good quick ready system work
It's quick work. Everybody should change in their system because it's quick work and you're ready to go. It's been very good so far.
believe everybody games great hit hitters knows nobody record row teammates today until
I didn't see him, but I know Felipe Alou. Everybody knows the Alou family. I didn't know about the record until today when one of my teammates told me about it. I can't believe nobody hit in 16 games in a row because there have been a lot of great hitters here.