Eric Hinske
Eric Hinske
Eric Scott Hinskeis a former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman and current assistant hitting coach for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball. Hinske played in the major leagues with the Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves and Arizona Diamondbacks at third base, first base, left field, and right field. He won the 2002 AL Rookie of the Year Award with the Blue Jays...
blowing knocked left looked quick wind
The wind was blowing pretty hard, left to right, so I knocked it down pretty good. I just made a quick adjustment, it looked a little funny, but he's out, right?
everybody good kept orlando
Orlando was a big part of the clubhouse. He kept everybody loose, and he was good for the team.
against chance everybody everyday hit player team wants
I want a chance to be an everyday player again, no doubt. Everybody on the team wants to play every day. Two years ago, I hit (.268) against lefties.
fun trying
We had fun here. It was fun trying to play spoiler,
against good looking sign support
We never give him any support it seems, especially against Baltimore. He did well the whole game, he's been looking pretty good so that's a good sign for us.
spin
I couldn't see the spin of the ball.
act
I don't have a choice, you know. Come out here and do what they tell me to do. That's all I can do. Just be quiet, go about my business, just act professional, that's part of my job.
hit mean mound pulled
No. I got hit right in the nipple. Not fun. He said on the mound he didn't mean to hit me. He just pulled a four-seam fastball. He said, 'My bad.' He said he was sorry.
ball came caught felt fly good guy hard hit nerves nice second throw
I felt like I made a nice throw to home. It would have been nice to throw him out but the guy didn't hit the ball too hard at me, so it was just good to get the nerves out of the way. I caught the first fly ball that came to me and the second one was a hit.
bad consistent definitely felt good june month since
I felt like I had a good start, then had a bad month of June and been pretty consistent since the all-star break, ... I'm not disappointed with my season, but it definitely could have been better.
couple early hits home nice quiet runs
It was nice to get a couple of runs early and quiet their crowd, but when Manny hits his home run, it was 'here they come again,'
confident gaps nervous talked vernon
I've done it before. I'm not nervous about it. I'm confident that I can make the transition. I've already talked with Vernon (Wells) about it. He said: 'Anything in the gaps I've got' so I should be fine.
fun numbers past possible roll stressed
It's funny. You just kind of roll with the punches, try to get as many years in as possible and try to win. The most important part for me is having fun at what I'm doing. I've thought about things so much in the past and stressed myself out. I've got to put up numbers here (in Florida) and there (in Toronto).
awesome balls couple
A couple balls off the helmet, going into the dugout, the first baseman's not there, that's awesome for us.