Victor Martinez
Victor Martinez
Víctor Jesús Martínez, also known by his nickname "V-Mart", is a Venezuelan professional baseball designated hitter and first baseman for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. Martínez has also played in MLB for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians. Prior to his tenure with the Tigers, he also frequently played as a catcher...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 December 1978
CityCiudad Bolivar, Venezuela
middle next ready spring training trying
That's what everybody's saying. It's hard, because it's the middle of spring training and you're trying to get ready for the season. I don't know how they're going to do the next one.
clubhouse great names soon team together tough walk
As soon as you walk in that clubhouse and see all those great names (it's serious). It's going to be tough to put that team together again.
game good last sure
We've been doing the little things well. We always make sure we play the game hard. Unfortunately, these last two games, some of those things didn't go real good for us.
ball nice trying
C.C. was great. He was very relaxed. He wasn't trying to rush. He was nice and easy, and just let the ball go.
country fans maybe
I think maybe because it was the first time, fans in this country didn't get as excited. But the U.S. team, it was like an all-star team.
head positive stayed time
It didn't get in my mind. My head has always been in the right place. I just stayed positive the whole time and did my work.
afraid aggressive faced pitcher throw
I faced Bedard a lot in the minors. He's a very good, aggressive pitcher who is not afraid to throw his fastball.
himself mound time tough zone
When he's down in the zone he's really tough to hit. He went through a tough time but he was tough enough to keep himself on the mound and really battle.
ball letting nice rushing
He was nice and relaxed. You could see that he wasn't rushing and just letting the ball go.
guys prove talked
I talked to a lot of guys about it. We want to get back out there and prove we can do it.
games
We'll see. We have 14 more games to go. Anything can happen.
forward last looking
We're all pretty confident. We're looking forward to getting going and topping what we did last season.
contribute people
We want to let people know that we also contribute to this country.
anytime cleveland country dream indians
Anytime you get to play for your country it is an honor. But my dream is getting the Cleveland Indians to the World Series.