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
I'd make the same play. I'd just throw it about a foot lower. I got a little excited and thought we had a force there. It just kind of sailed on me. Somehow it found the dugout, but oh well. We won.
We're going out and playing relaxed. Getting some early momentum on the road is good for confidence, too. We're confident on the road.
What Todd went through was an aberration. He makes it easier for me and (Atkins) because he's on base every time we come up.
I couldn't pick up his fastball. I just had trouble with him.
I'd do the same thing if it was my decision.
Most of us are pretty good friends and we've played together a lot, so I think if anybody goes through ups and downs or needs advice, or needs just a friend to talk to, I feel like I can be that guy for them,
Personally, it felt good, but this is a team. It's a team game and to do your job is gratifying, to do things to help your team win is gratifying and I was able to do that tonight.
I looked up there after the first six or seven guys and thought, 'We've got one out, and that was me,'
I looked up after six or seven guys had hit and saw we got one out. That was me.
I think I just learned that God has a plan for all of us, and I work hard and do all the things I can, but at the same time, His will is perfect; and me trying to control it, it's not going to work.
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.
It hit a pole at the bottom of the fence and shot toward center field. You can't anticipate anything like that happening.
I don't want to be considered a leader based on what people think goes on in the clubhouse.
He's a good pitcher, ... But you always feel like you have a good chance against the guy. He's not overpowering. He has to pitch to get outs, and he lost his command a little bit in that one inning.