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
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.
dugout giving hitting instead maybe
We're in the dugout hitting instead of maybe giving up another run,
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.
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.
It was very sobering but in a way uplifting,
feeling good plate steadily swing
I've been steadily feeling better and better at the plate and feeling more comfortable to hit. I feel like my swing is really good right now.
best bit looks nice pitchers ran usual
It would have been nice to get a little bit of separation, but we ran into two of the best pitchers in the big leagues. It was usual Pettitte. He showed us different looks in every at-bat.
financial reality stadium state team
The whole state of the team is sad. The whole stadium situation, the financial reality of what they had to do, it is sad.
text
B-Rob was text messaging me every hour, 'Come on back, buddy.
accomplish almost focus gets goal last night standing teams win
You focus on your end goal -- to make the playoffs. You know what you have to accomplish every night to do that. You go out there and try to win that game. It's a dogfight. When you have this many teams bunched up this tight, it's almost like the last one standing gets to go to the playoffs.
definitely experience field lacking
We're definitely lacking experience on the field right now.
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.