Robert Eenhoorn
Robert Eenhoorn
Robert Franciscus Eenhoorn OONis a retired Dutch professional baseball player and manager. He played four seasons of Major League Baseball as a utility infielder for the New York Yankees and California/Anaheim Angels. On September 27, 1997, Eenhoorn became the first Dutch-born player to hit a home run in the Major Leagues since Jack Lelivelt in 1912. The feat was later repeated by Greg Halman and Didi Gregorius.Eenhoorn played for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides of the New York Mets organization in...
bases chance double field game good helped hold job looking ourselves pitchers plays though
Our pitchers did a good job today. If we make those double plays, we're looking at a 2-0 game. And we had one chance ourselves to do something with the bases loaded. We made some plays in the field as the game went on that helped our pitchers hold them down. Overall, even though we didn't score, there were a lot of things that were encouraging.
faced good hard hit hitters pitcher second seeing time
When he went the second time through the lineup I thought it would be hard to get a hit off him. He faced hitters like Carlos Lee, and these hitters are usually very good making adjustments after seeing a pitcher for the first time.
smart
It wouldn't have been smart for him to be here today. He's day-to-day.
close expect gap lose recognized step
The world has recognized that we are competitive. It used to be, how much are we going to lose by? Then we'd try to close that gap during the game. Now, when we step on the world stage, we expect to win.
balls bounce fence
We'll want to get a feel for how balls bounce off the fence and get used to the field.
base chance decision given hit respect
I think on any given day, you'll get a base hit on that. The way he was pitching, I thought the decision was to show him respect and give him a chance to do something special.
bases couple high loaded pitches swung
We swung at a couple of high pitches after getting the bases loaded with one out.
batter double
We were going to give him one more batter to try to get the double play.
against best gets great guys helpful playing react situations work
It's great to play games. You can only work out so much before it gets old. We'll be playing against one of the best franchises in baseball. It'll be helpful for me to see how our guys react to different situations out there.
everybody good saw today yesterday
I told him yesterday he was going to have a very long career. He's very good. Today everybody saw how good he is.
base hitters second tough
They're very experienced hitters that usually make adjustments in their second at-bat. The way he got them out, that's when I thought it would be very tough for them to get a base hit today.
good saw
He's going to have a very long career; he's going to be very good, and today, you saw how good he is. For him, it's a day he'll never forget.
third
He can play first, second, third or the outfield.
everybody
I just want everybody to get situated on Monday.