Ivan Rodriguez
Ivan Rodriguez
Iván Rodríguez Torres, nicknamed "Pudge" or "I-Rod" is a retired Major League Baseball catcher. In his career, he played for the Texas Rangers, Florida Marlins, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Houston Astros and Washington Nationals...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 November 1971
CityManati, PR
asks follow rules tells whatever
If he asks me to do things, I'm going to. He's the skipper, and you have to follow his rules. Whatever he tells me to do, I'll do.
bat healthy job matter team win
It doesn't matter where I bat in the lineup. If I do my job and we're a healthy team this year, we could win a lot of games.
couple dream finish left start
Who knows? I still have a long way to go. Every player's dream is to start and finish with the same team. I still have a couple of years left in me.
Who knows? I still have a long way to go.
brings coaching great jim known likes loves played players talked
I think what he brings is attitude. I think he's a winner. I've known him for years and I talked to a lot of players who played for him. He loves to win, and he likes to see everything the right way in the field. And that's what we need on the team. If he doesn't like something, he'll come to us or to the player and tell him. It's great for us to have Jim and the coaching staff.
calendar looking
I'm not going back there. The calendar doesn't say 2005. It's a new year, a new team. It's a new start. I'm looking ahead.
believe decision hard moment people stuff time
Believe me, I don't do this stuff very often, because I like to do things quietly. I think it's a big moment to let the people know I've been doing this for years. It was a hard decision for me to make, but the people around me told me it's time to let people know what you're doing in the community.
Always better to go 5 for 5 than 4 for 5.
good happy job nice puerto represent
For me, I'm very happy to represent Puerto Rico and to do a good job for my country. It's always very nice when you represent where you're from.
bad expect year
It's not the year that you would expect to see, ... but if you see my numbers, it's not bad after what I've been through all year.
pitches taking work
I should take more walks. But I'm very aggressive. In the off-season, I'm going to work on taking more pitches and being more selective. If I'm more selective, I can have some better numbers.
good time
I've been doing this for 13 years with my foundation, ... I play here in Detroit, and I think it's a good time to start.
aggressive hitter
I've been a very aggressive hitter all my career,
happen less mistakes since time
Things like that don't happen to me too often. It's been a long time since I made two mistakes in less than a week. But when things aren't going well with a ballclub, anything can happen. We're going through that right now.