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
control gives olive players tells
With the big stuff, he tells us the way it's going to be. But on some of the not-so-big stuff, he gives players a little control so we have some input. It's like: 'Here's an olive branch. Let's see what you do with it.' He makes you feel like it's not a totalitarian dictatorship.
allowed backs controlled line offensive open
Our offensive line controlled the line of scrimmage, which allowed our backs to get open in the holes.
ball game hand managers played thousand wins
To be able to hand him the ball after the game is special. A thousand wins is a lot for a manager. If you put all of the managers I've played for together, I don't think they had 1,000 wins.
bay christmas fan feels green name pay photo presents
When you go down the roster, and you see my name, it feels like a typo. It feels like one of those Christmas presents that a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan would get: Someone superimposes your name on the Packers' Diamond-vision, and you pay $9.95 to get an 8-by-10 photo of it.
ceiling guy kid
With a young kid with the kind of ceiling he's got -- if he makes this team, he's going to be a big contributor on this team. He's not going to be a middle-of-the-road or long guy or whatever.
handing marlin somebody stupid
You feel kind of stupid actually handing out Marlin T-shirts to somebody like that.
again bullets consider dodging great hitter knew luck maybe tomorrow totally
Totally luck, totally luck. Lance Berkman is a great hitter and he knew what I was going to throw. I get it in maybe just a hair, just enough. I don't want to have to do that again tomorrow because he's a great hitter and I consider it dodging bullets when I do that. Seriously.
analyze decided field involved life picture teammates worry younger
When you're a younger player, you can't worry about what your teammates are doing. When you're older, life slows down and you can analyze things in the big picture more, and I've decided I want to get more involved off the field with guys.
gone legs wore worried
We were wore out, and I think it was our legs. Our legs were gone today, and I was worried about that going into it.
continue drive people performance skeptical
I have been and continue to be skeptical that they have the right people in place to drive performance there.
good neither putting retailers themselves together
Neither one of them by themselves was a very good retailer. I don't see how putting those two retailers together makes them any better.
everybody guys mean natural power since
Natural is better. Now guys with power mean more since not everybody has it.
situation
When I left, I didn't like the situation and didn't want to be here.
devil finished pitch thinking
I thought I was finished then. I was thinking if I can't make the Devil Rays, can I pitch anymore? Is this it, is this how I go out? It was embarrassing not to be able to make that team.