Todd Jones
Todd Jones
Todd Barton Jonesis a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was an effective middle reliever for a variety of teams, and he had an up-and-down career as a closer. On September 16, 2007, Jones became the 21st member of the 300-save club and later ended his career as the Detroit Tigers' all-time leader in saves...
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Date of Birth15 February 1988
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That had a big influence on the outcome of the game.
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When I left, I didn't like the situation and didn't want to be here.
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Very excited to be in the championship game. Lake Norman gave us all we could handle.
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We knew we were going to get everything they had. North and Statesville, it's a big rivalry game. It doesn't matter if one team is 0-20 and the other is 20-0. You've got to come out prepared to play.
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We're ecstatic with the win, and we're glad we're the one that put the end to that winning streak. That was a big motivational tool this week.
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You look at the economic climate overall, and this is not a good time to run up the credit cards.
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They haven't gotten there yet on the merchandising front. Bringing the Target consumer to buy at Wal-Mart, that's the big stretch.
There's a whole lot of fastballs out there.
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That's kind of the good thing about being a reliever. You can just keep going.
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Now he needs 800 more at-bats to be the greatest hitter in history,
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I think you evaluate where you are at and what kind of team you are on. If you are on a good team, you want more than 30. It's not Sept. 1, and I'm sitting on 30. That's good.
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I was lucky to get a couple by him. Because he's a pretty deadly hitter.
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I think it's admirable what he did, because there have been some guys in recent history that have gotten their contract and gotten hurt and went home, never to be seen again. Knowing Troy, he was going to have to (try) because he was professional in every aspect of the game, so you didn't expect him to just not show up and collect his checks. He was going to try and pitch because he's a competitor first and foremost.
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I think it's more festive and I think it's more of a celebration that winter's over. Baseball season's here, which means summer's here and it's going to warm up. It's more than just a baseball game, I think, in Detroit, more than any other city I've been in. It's like a celebration that the freezing weather's out of the way for the most part.