Jeff Conine
Jeff Conine
Jeffrey Guy Conineis a former Major League Baseball player who played 17 seasons with six teams primarily as an outfielder. An inaugural member of the Florida Marlins who was with the franchise for both of its World Series titles, he earned the title Mr. Marlin for his significant history with the club, and his ties to South Florida...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 June 1966
encouraged fact hope next support sure team together
You sure hope so, ... You got to hope and feel encouraged by the fact that, if we keep this team together and play as excitingly as we have next year, that they'll come out to support us.
corner fastball night outside
It's all about location. He located his fastball on the outside corner all night long.
gets rid
It's not only his arm. It's his release. He gets rid of it so quickly.
coming lost
They're happy, but they lost everything or don't know what they're coming back to.
balance bats effective kept obviously square stuff
A lot of first-pitch strikes, he kept you off balance with a lot of off-speed stuff after fastballs. Obviously that was effective because we didn't get too many square bats on the ball.
baseball occupy passed tickets time
A lot of them weren't even baseball fans. We passed out tickets to the game, to occupy their time right now.
catch heck hit
I hit it off the end, a split-finger down and in. I didn't think he was going to catch up to it, but he made a heck of a play.
good guys realize
I don't think some of these guys realize they're in the World Series. Which is probably a good thing.
people
I don't know if that many people care.
example hits perfect pitcher threw
He threw a lot of fastballs and just put them right where he wanted them. It's a perfect example of when a pitcher hits his spots, he's going to be successful.
We just wish, ... one time, we'd have a yawner.
door goes hope time
Every time someone goes out the door and someone comes in, you hope there's improvement, ... because we didn't make the playoffs.
coming nobody time work
When I was first coming up, you were never late, never said anything. It's a rule. You show up on time and work hard, nobody will say anything to you.
box coaching diamond line perfect represents shuttle space stay track
He was coaching us through it, ... It's pretty simple. You've got a diamond that represents your line of site. That's the perfect track you want to be on. There's a box, and you want to put your box over the diamond and keep it there. As you're maneuvering the space shuttle you want to stay on that diamond.