Johan Santana
Johan Santana
Johan Alexander Santana Araqueis a Venezuelan professional baseball starting pitcher who is a free agent. Santana pitched in Major League Baseballfor the Minnesota Twins from 2000 to 2007 and for the New York Mets from 2008 to 2012, sidelined by injury challenges since the 2012 season. A two-time Cy Young Award winner with the Twins, Santana is a four-time All-Star and earned a pitching triple crown in 2006. On June 1, 2012, Santana threw a no-hitter against the St. Louis...
NationalityVenezuelan
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth13 March 1979
CountryVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
To me, he showed a lot of improvement from last year,
It's the first time I've had the opportunity to represent my country. It is (an All-Star lineup) You'll see the best in the world on both teams. That's something that we're looking forward to, not just me but everybody. In order for you to be the best you have to beat the best. It's the same way for them. We've got a great team too. It's going to be a great challenge. It's going to be interesting and fun to watch.
It's up to the professionals and the baseball writers to decide who's going to win it, ... I feel like I did my job, and personally, I'm pleased with everything that happened. Unfortunately, we didn't go to the playoffs -- that's what we were looking for.
It's good just to see that we're still working for something, ... This is not over yet. It's good for fans, for my teammates and myself to see we still have a chance to make something special.
It's been incredible. It seems like he's put that aside and went out there and showed you the type of pitcher he is and that he likes to win.
It's difficult, but we're making it look like it's impossible. And that's not the way it should be.
It didn't happen for me. I didn't get those wins,
I threw some good pitches and they got some good swings.
We did this together. We, as a team, made history tonight.
We're not done. We're just going to continue playing and hoping to put some wins together again.
At least we're competing. I never give up, ... What's going to happen, I don't know. At least we're making this more interesting. We'll see what happens at the end.
You might see a pitchers' duel. You might see guys going after each other. You never know.
This is going to be a great feeling. I started working out in January to get ready for this. We have an all-star lineup, and so does the Dominican Republic. To be the best, you have to beat the best.
I think we showed everybody what Latin baseball is all about. That's the way we do it. For either side, we showed the passion of the game.