Raul Ibanez
Raul Ibanez
Raúl Javier Ibañezis an American former professional baseball left fielder in Major League Baseballnow serving as a special advisor to Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman. He played 11 of his 19 seasons for the Seattle Mariners, and also for the Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. While primarily a left fielder, Ibañez often filled in as a designated hitter as well throughout his career...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth2 June 1972
CityNew York City, NY
I just try to improve a little bit each day. I don't necessarily feel comfortable at the plate yet.
He sits in the cage for hours upon hours upon hours. That's all he thinks about. That's all he really cares about. Hitting. All he wants to do is be in the cage and be in the video room. Cage, video room, cage, video room.
He's really good about putting his words into actions. He can also show you what he means. If you don't get it, he'll sit there with you and walk you through it, but he's not a pushy guy. You've got to want what he's giving you. He won't come after you that way. You have to want to pick up what he's saying.
I don't know if it's a sigh of relief. But this is a great win for us.
I didn't even know that was a steal. It's a cheap steal.
I didn't see the stop sign at all, and then I didn't see that (Barajas) was blocking the plate until it was too late. If I slide, maybe it's a one-run game.
When I was growing up, it seemed like it was probably the most realistic movie about baseball life. Now that I've lived it, I can say that it is the most accurate.
Our pattern has been to succeed as a group or not succeed as a group, but you hope that's not a pattern for the whole season. We believe in ourselves as an offense, and I don't think we lost that belief over the past few games.
I think it's very important very important. We feel pressure a little bit with having to win some games, because we feel we are a better team than what we've been showing.
Later on in the game our at-bats get better, and I don't know if it's a mental thing. I don't know.
He is an unbelievable human being and probably the best teammate I have ever had. I want my son to grow up and be just like Dan Wilson.
He hit a home run off Paul Byrd to right-center field when we were playing against him. It's the farthest opposite-field home run I've ever seen a right-handed hitter hit at Safeco Field. It probably went 15 rows back. He did the bat flip and the whole thing. I got to second base later and he told me that was the first hit he ever had off Byrd.
Part of our game is being patient. You work the count, a lot of things can happen.
Our offense has a nice pace, a nice feel right now. We're being aggressive when we have to, being patient when we have to. Good balance up and down the lineup, good approaches at the plate.