Ty Wigginton
Ty Wigginton
Ty Allen Wiggintonis an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseballfor the New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals. He was mainly a first and third baseman, but also platooned as an infielder and an outfielder during his career. He bats and throws right-handed. Wigginton resides in Chula Vista, California...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth11 October 1977
hit homer looking luckily pitch trying zone
I wasn't trying to hit a homer there. I was looking for a pitch in the zone and luckily it went out.
best tail wherever work
Wherever they want me, I'll work my tail off to be the best I can at that position.
figure hitting pitches run zone
I'm getting pitches up in the zone and hitting them hard. I don't want to figure it out. I just want to run with it.
expecting preparing surprised
No, I wasn't surprised at all. I show up every day expecting to be in that lineup somewhere. And I think that's the only way I can go about preparing to be at my best.
anywhere believes chance manager yard
It's fun. You come to the yard every day and you know that there's a chance to play anywhere in the lineup and the manager actually believes in you to let you do it. That's pretty exciting.
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It was fun. It's the position I played throughout the entire Minor Leagues. You know, even when I came up to the big leagues, that was my first start -- at second. It's a fun position. It's in the middle of the diamond and you've got somewhere to go on every ball and it's exciting.
They did that a lot with a lot of their players.
bit caught high school
I caught a little bit in high school and college.
ahead deserved early hat offense strike support tip zone
He pounded the strike zone early and got ahead of us. You've got to tip your hat to him. Seth deserved the 'W.' The offense just wasn't there to support him.
kept
You could say he (Cabrera) was effectively wild. He kept them in the game.