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)
Hopefully they consider that. What's going to happen? I don't know.
Today, I think we showed what Latin baseball is all about. That's what we do.
I just hope it's good for him and he'll help us.
That means you're doing something good and the fans are enjoying what they're watching, ... So it's always good to make people happy I don't think there can be any better feeling than that.
That means you're doing something good, and the fans are enjoying what they're watching, ... So it's always good to make people happy ... I don't think there can be any better feeling than that.
There's times when one play makes the whole difference, one calls makes the whole difference. And tonight it was that call.
If you look around at everything that has happened to me, to the whole starting pitching staff, if we have had won all those little games, then the whole pitching staff should be Cy Youngs. It didn't happen for me to get those wins, but that doesn't mean I'm done working.
In our country, our fans go beyond the game. It's not just about being a fan. There's passion. There's pride.
In our countries, fans go beyond the game. It's about passion.
If he's not, he's close. He's been doing it for so many years. He can make contact on anything. He's always hacking, it doesn't matter the pitch.
I mean, coming into this season I was just hoping to come back, stay healthy and help the team.
I'm not executing my pitches. I'm not commanding my fastball, and I get behind in the count. When I try to throw strikes, I'm getting hurt. That's not the way I pitch.
I know who Mark Buehrle is. I knew it would be tough. We got ahead and put up some runs and from there I was just trying to protect the lead.
In the Caribbean, it's more than about just being fans. It's about passion.