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
air fastest outfield run
Those guys, anything that's got any air underneath, they're going to run it down. They're probably the fastest outfield in the league.
against guys played
You know you are getting old when guys you've played with and against become your manager.
happened hug
It happened as we were going out on the field. Give him a hug and... got to go play now.
baseball fresh good ideas style
I think someone young with fresh ideas and a different style of baseball will be good for the team. Hopefully, it will be a good fit.
addressing brought hard lead management mind needs reasons
I take that very seriously. I think management, that's one of the reasons that they brought me back. They know I am going to play hard and lead by example. If there is something that needs to be addressed, I don't mind addressing it.
baseball emotional tough
He got very emotional when he told us, like your granddad is going away and you're not going to see him anymore. It's tough for him. Baseball is his life.
mistakes mph pinpoint throwing
He doesn't give you many mistakes to hit. It was just command. He was not throwing 95 mph at you. It was just pinpoint control.
almost hit mistakes surprises
He doesn't give you many mistakes to hit and when he does it almost surprises you that he makes a mistake.
miss mistakes
He made some mistakes. And, fortunately for us, we didn't miss them.
bad hear umpires
We can hear him ragging on the umpires when there's a bad call.
field hard normal
That field is hard as a rock, and it's not the normal field that we play on,
business care front hope scoreboard somebody taken teams watch
We had it in our grasp. We could have taken care of business ourselves. We have two teams in front of us, so now we have to scoreboard watch and hope somebody else does it for us.
business care hope job taken
We had it in our grasp. We could have taken care of business ourselves, and we didn't get the job done. Now we have to hope someone else does it for us.
good last night performance together waxed
You can get waxed like we did last night and come back and put a performance together like we did tonight. It's a good thing, and it does a lot for your confidence.