Rich Aurilia
Rich Aurilia
Richard Santo Auriliais a former Major League Baseball player, mainly as a shortstop. The 24th round pick of the Texas Rangers in the 1992 Major League Baseball draft, Aurilia played in the Rangers minor league system before being traded with first baseman Desi Wilson to the San Francisco Giants for pitcher John Burkett in 1994...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth2 September 1971
game giving hard hits team win
It's hard to win a game when you're giving up 16, 17 hits a game, ... and your team doesn't get the 17 hits a game.
game good great mentality rest solid starters tonight
Even when they don't have all their starters in there, they're not on all cylinders, they're still a great ballclub and they know how to win. To come out and play a pretty solid game like we did tonight is good for our mentality the rest of the way.
against anybody far match offense pitching takes
We're going to go as far as our pitching takes us. Our offense is going to match up against anybody ...
bunch career couple days point
But I'm also at a point in my career where I feel I can play a bunch of different places, and I could play every day: a couple days here, a couple days there.
across body few throws took
He's kind of sneaky. He throws across his body and he short-arms his pitches. You've got to feel him out. It took us a few times to get something going off of him.
across body face throws time
He's kind of sneaky. He throws across his body a little bit. The first time you face him, you've got to feel him out a little bit.
everybody goal healthy mentally strong talk talking
He?s a mentally strong guy. I think his goal right now is just to be healthy and not talk about this stuff. That?s his prerogative. There?s not much for him to talk about. Everybody is doing the talking for him.
meeting next
He thanked me for what I'd done, ... He said they'd know more after their meeting next week.
anyone arizona four injury maybe ncaa picked pool problems
I don't think anyone would have picked these four teams. Maybe St. Louis, because Arizona had some injury problems. But it's like an NCAA pool out there. You never know what's going to happen.
hit
Look it up. I don't think I've ever hit cleanup.
babe baseball behind hitting ruth walk
He could have Babe Ruth hitting behind him, ... and they'd still walk him.
anywhere behind care throw
When it really comes down to it, I really don't care where I play as long as I play. You could throw me in the outfield, I don't care; anywhere but behind the plate, for now.
We have to try some different things out there on the mound.
confidence next playing worrying
I can come in one day and say 'Hey, I'm playing third,' and the next day, 'Hey, I'm playing second,' and have the confidence that I can do it now without worrying about what I'm going to do out there.