Jermaine Dye
Jermaine Dye
Jermaine Trevell Dyeis a retired American Major League Baseball right fielder. Dye grew up in Northern California and was a multi-sport star at Will C. Wood High School in Vacaville. Dye attended Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, where he played as a right fielder on a team that reached the playoffs. Dye played with the Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, and the Chicago White Sox. Dye won the World Series MVP with the White Sox in 2005. Dye...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth28 January 1974
CityVacaville, CA
When he first hit it, I thought it was probably gone. It had just gotten cold. Maybe earlier when it was warm it would have gone out.
It didn't hit me. I turned, and he told me it hit me. When the umpire tells you to go to first base, you go to first base. I'm not going to tell him I fouled it off.
Our focus is to get out and win series.
You're fouling pitches off your leg all the time. It's a matter of catching one spot with a lot of force into it -- then you've got a chance to do something bad.
This is not necessarily a home run lineup, but we have guys who are strong enough to hit home runs. The guys are feeding off each other right now...and we're playing good team baseball.
It hit my bat. I turned around and the umpire said it hit me. I'm not going to tell him I fouled it off.
Just got a fastball out over the plate and did what I wanted to do. I think the ball was carrying. I think the wind was bouncing off the stands and sending the ball back out.
Just getting back to where I was my rookie year, this is everybody's dream. We're just living a dream so far. Hopefully we can get that jewelry at the end.
Kenny Williams showed me on paper what the makeup of this team would be like. I always know that from being around this game, pitching and defense wins,
It brings back memories. I think it's something you may think about every now and then. It's something I'll never forget and at the same time, it's another season and I just have to get ready.
It gives your team a big boost. It not only helps the pitcher throw strikes, it takes pressure off the other guys to not try to do too much. We're rolling now and we have to keep it going.
I was just excited to be there, just having fun. You just never know if you're going to get that chance again, ... Nine years later, 10 years later or whatever, I think I kind of knew what it took to get back to the playoffs and win.
Guys stepped up towards the end of the season and even though we were going bad we had a taste of not making it to the playoffs and I think guys got refocused again and played like we did the whole first half that last week and carried it on into the playoffs.
I know he throws a lot of sliders, ... He throws hard but usually his fastball is just to keep you honest.