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)
There's nothing I can do about it, really. I think everybody knows what it takes to win games. Hopefully, they know what they have to do when they go out there. I know what I'm doing. I'm not going to judge anybody. Hopefully, we get together as a team and start playing the game the right way.
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.
We're not done. We're just going to continue playing and hoping to put some wins together again.
As a kid, I loved to play centerfield. I loved to make diving catches.
When you hear from other players and they're telling you you're the best pitcher in baseball, that makes you feel really good.
I'm not a tourist. ... I want to play the game and pitch.
I knew, coming into this game, that we needed to fight. Tonight, we did a great job from top to bottom.
There's times when one play makes the whole difference, one calls makes the whole difference. And tonight it was that call.
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.
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.
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.