Gary Sheffield
Gary Sheffield
Gary Antonian Sheffieldis an American retired Major League Baseball outfielder. He played with eight teams in the major leagues from 1988 to 2009. He currently works as a sports agent...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth18 November 1968
CityTampa, FL
CountryUnited States of America
beat fourth hit hitting third
I've hit third all my life. But I'm hitting fourth for the Yankees. You can't beat that.
happen ready
I've had this happen before. I'll give it one day and be ready to go (today).
front home leg runs transfer weight
Not even close, ... Once I can transfer my weight to my front leg and just do it with a lot of force, and I don't even think about it, the home runs will come.
game proves reacting represent wrong
That just proves I wasn't in the wrong, and that's what this is all about. Yeah, you try to represent the game the right way, but then being told you're in the wrong for reacting to something you didn't start, that's kind of disturbing. That just makes me feel like it's a hypocritical society.
stiff
It's still stiff and still sore. It's the same as yesterday. I'm day to day.
somewhere
It's always my situation. It's always, I've got to be somewhere for one or two years, they re-evaluate you from here and there and then go from there.
looks relay
It looks like I'm a 2-year-old who can't relay a message.
behind certain conviction felt meaning says testament today
It's a testament to why he's been here 11 years. I think this one was a little more intense. I just felt the conviction behind it. . . . When he says it a certain way, it has some meaning behind it and today it felt different.
overdo swings took
I took more swings than usual. I've had this before. This is what you get when you overdo it too early. It's just real tight. It will be fine.
early felt swing took
I took a swing early and I let it go pretty good, and I felt fine, ... After that, I took my chances.
feeling worse
It wasn't getting worse at all. It was just feeling tight.
everybody playing
I want everybody to be on an even playing field.
appreciate bring brought earn free nobody option pick pride remains teams whatever
They brought me in and told me they were probably going to pick the option up. You always want to earn whatever you get. I take a lot pride in that. He didn't have to bring me in today. I appreciate that. When I was a free agent, a lot of teams called and I really didn't answer. There was only one place, and that still remains the same. I don't want to play for nobody else but the Yankees.
bad brought dodgers greedy happened played sign
They brought it up in the beginning. This is how it happened in L.A. (where he played with the Dodgers from 1998-2002). They wanted to sign me to an extension; I didn't go to them. But when I didn't want to go through with it, I'm the bad guy, the greedy guy.