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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
cares great guy loves
He's a great man. He's a guy that loves to win. He cares about the players. He cares about the team. He's a great guy. But I don't know what's going to happen.
happened
I don't know what happened on that play,
baseball goal healthy love playing stay
My goal is to stay healthy and keep on playing baseball as long as I can. I don't play it for the money. I play it because I love the game.
hate playing tired
I hate losing, I'm tired of losing. I'm not used to playing like this. I don't like to play like this. I've been here two years, and I don't see any changes.
hard hate losing love player team type
I hate losing games. I'm not a loser. It's hard for me to be on a team losing every day. That's not me. That's not the type of player that I am. I love winning.