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
I didn't really try to do too much, ... Just tried to hit it hard somewhere and found a hole up the middle.
A couple of guys could have got it. We all worked hard to do whatever we could to help this team win and guys came up with big hits in a lot of situations. And it's just special for me to be thought of as MVP.
I know he throws a lot of sliders, ... He throws hard but usually his fastball is just to keep you honest.
The first pitch, he threw me was a slider and I swung kind of too hard. Then he threw me another one for a ball and I stayed with my game plan. I didn't really try to do too much, just tried to hit it hard somewhere and found a hole up the middle.
We're going through a tough time right now. But a win is a win, and we'll take it.
We're going through a tough time right now, ... But a win is a win, and we'll take it.
It was very special. I didn't really know what to expect -- meeting the President was a great honor.
Being a rookie, you don't know what to expect out of a World Series. You're just happy to be there. It's basically a lot of rah-rah, ... Now, I've had a lot of playoff experience with Oakland. This is my fifth time in the postseason. I'm just happy to get back and I hope to get a ring this time.
I've been around this game for so long and been in stretch runs like this and playoff runs. This game comes at you day in and day. Last night I couldn't get it done, but tonight I'm a hero.
I usually didn't play against him. I don't know what it is year to year. I went in with the same game plan.
We had a lot of young guys mixed with some older guys who just wanted to win.
That was like another player who put up those numbers, ... That wasn't me. A lot of people around here have told me you just have to throw out last year, and that's what I'm trying to do.
That's the sign of a good team, ... If the opposing team gives you extra outs, you know you're good if you can go out there and build on it.
It feels unbelievable. This is an exciting moment, ... It's something I never will forget.