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 just went on contact, as soon as I saw the downward angle on the ball. Good thing it wasn't hit that hard.
I looked up after six or seven guys had hit and saw we got one out. That was me.
I'm very concerned. Any time you have to go to the hospital, it's never a good thing. When I leave here, I'm going to see if I can call him.
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,
It was nice to be able to at least get a hit, and the home run was icing on the cake.
It was kind of humbling. It's fun with these type games. When you're on the winning side, it's fun. When you're on the losing side, it's terrible.
Anytime you win a road trip, you've got to take it. We're playing pretty well. This one just got away.
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've been working on timing and getting my hands in the right position, just trying to get that feel back. It's hard to explain. You can do it in batting practice and you can do it in the cage, but to get in the game and to be able to settle your nerves a little bit and get in that mode when you can still get your swing off when the velocity picks up and you start facing off-speed pitches. I'm trying to find that rhythm, that timing.
I understand I'm a sinner. I'm not perfect, and I need a Savior, and that I'm not going to make it to Heaven on merits and doing good things.
Ortiz left a fastball up and away from me. I worked the count to 3-2 to see some more pitches and finally got one I could handle and drive.
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.
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.