Travis Hafner
Travis Hafner
Travis Lee Hafneris an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a designated hitter and first baseman. A left-handed hitter, Hafner played for the Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees. His nickname, "Pronk", was given to him by former teammate Bill Selby during spring training of 2001 when people sometimes referred to him as "The Project" and other times "Donkey" for the way he looked when running the bases. He has the most...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth3 June 1977
CityJamestown, ND
We had played lights out in the month of September, but I don't know what happened last week. Coming into this last week I thought we had it nailed down, especially how we were playing.
We played lights out all of September. I don't know what happened this last week.
With a small payroll, you need young, cheap players to play a big part in your success.
It's tough to tell with baseball. We've been playing pretty well and hopefully we can continue to win games. Hopefully, that series at the end of the year means something, it would be pretty exciting.
You stop and look where we were Tuesday, finishing with six games at home and playing the way we were playing, it was a great position to be in.
It almost feels like they're taking over the clubhouse. I guess it's a good thing, because you're in a playoff race. Hopefully it's something that we all need to get used to. I'd much rather have this than to be .500 and playing out the season.
I don't know if they really knew me, but the guy who was taking us around, said, 'This guy plays baseball for Cleveland. They thought that was pretty cool.
All we want to do is win. If we win, we make up ground in the wild card and the division. All I care about is getting to the playoffs any way possible.
If I'm asked to play first, I should be ready. It's nice to be in the lineup, regardless of where you're at.
Even after losing two of three to Tampa, I still thought we were in great position.
Probably in my dream we would have won all three. I was able to get in a pretty good groove and put some good swings on some pitches.
Baseball's weird sometimes. You can't really explain things. Guess we need to throw another quarter in the merry-go-round.
Baseball is weird. Sometimes you can't explain things,
We aren't the same team we were in April. Last year, guys just hit the wall. Now, I think we understand how important each day is.