Joe Crede

Joe Crede
Joseph Taylor Credeis a former Major League Baseball third baseman. Crede attended high school at Fatima High School in Westphalia, Missouri which he led to 3 district championshipsand two final four berthsas a pitcher. Crede was drafted by the White Sox in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft and made his debut with the team in 2000...
backyard dream playing
When you dream about playing in the big leagues, you always dream about being good, ... You don't play in the backyard and think about being a .250 hitter.
coaster fans kept playing roller
When the fans are on me, they have every right to get on me, because I wasn't playing up to par. To me, I just kept getting more and more frustrated. It has been an up-and-down roller coaster for me in the Big Leagues.
aggressive close defense game knew playing style tight
We knew it would be a tight game the whole way, ... You just don't play for a blowout. You always play for the close game. We were playing aggressive style defense out there.
confidence definitely gave helps last playing year
I've got some confidence in my abilities. Last year definitely gave me some confidence, ... Playing every day, when you can get used to making adjustments, that helps a lot.
ball behind courtesy laying
It was a catch. It was a courtesy to show the ump behind me. I was laying there with the ball in my glove.
chicago cut hair
I've never had my hair cut in Chicago before.
We couldn't have done it without you guys.
chills city definitely deserves gets sound
The sound of it gets chills going up and down my spine. The city definitely deserves it.
hat tip
Sometimes you have to tip your hat to the other guy.
follow rules
Rules are rules and you got to follow them.
calm game job nerves realize starts win
You got the nerves and butterflies going in and you know what, the game starts and you calm yourself down and realize you got a job to do, and that's to go out and win a ballgame,
ball fortunate game good help hit situation wood
That's the thing about this game is to be in the right place at the right time. I was fortunate to be in this situation where I could do something to help us win. I was able to put enough good wood on the ball and put it in play and get a hit out of it.
chills sea walking
Whoa, it's awesome. You get the chills walking in there. It's a sea of red. Awesome.
found umpires
We found a way to win, ... End of story. We're not going to look at it like it's because of the umpires or anything like that. A win's a win, and we'll take it.