Matt Holliday
Matt Holliday
Matthew Thomas "Matt" Hollidayis an American professional baseball left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. A World Series champion in 2011, Holliday is regarded as a key figure of the Cardinals' success of the 2010s and of the Colorado Rockies' in 2007 for hitting, baserunning and leadership abilities. As of 2016, he has totaled nearly 2,000 hits and 300 home runs, and more than 400 doubles, 1,000 runs scored, 1,000 runs batted in, 100 stolen bases,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth15 January 1980
CityStillwater, OK
CountryUnited States of America
They put him out there; I didn't put him out there, ... They count the same to me.
No problem for me. I've got nothing to hide. That's the second time for me (including an MLB test), so I'm used to it.
It hit a pole at the bottom of the fence and shot toward center field. You can't anticipate anything like that happening.
I think that's just the way Todd is. He's just a perfectionist. He could be hitting .400 but in his mind he thinks he's not doing enough because he's missing pitches or not doing the things he should. He's not happy with a 2-for-4, 2-for-5. He wants to go 4-for-4 every day.
He wants you to have that slow breaking ball of his in the back of your mind so he can sneak his fastball in on you. He pitched me tough. I might have swung at some bad pitches, but he gets the credit.
Having experienced things going on two years now, I'm not a veteran by any means, but I feel like maybe I have some advice to offer.
I think my parents did a great job of reminding me that I wasn't as big a deal as maybe I thought I was at times.
I know him real well. I'm happy he got called up.
I'm very prepared and very comfortable to take on any role they ask me to take on as far as leadership goes, as far as being out in the public,
I didn't know that. I don't know that there's an explanation for that. We'll hit a few here.
But you have to give some credit to Brian Lawrence , and that bullpen is pretty tough. We needed to find a way to scratch out runs and we didn't do it.
I don't think any time you run into your teammate it can be too positive. But maybe it did jostle something loose.
I don't like the idea of 'I've played nine years, I've made some All-Star teams, I make the most money. I've got to be a leader.' That doesn't make you a leader. Treating people the right way is more important.
We had a lot of adversity, but we found a way.