Aaron Boone
Aaron Boone
Aaron John Boone is an American former Major League Baseball infielder. During his career Boone played for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Florida Marlins, Washington Nationals, and Houston Astros. He is currently employed by ESPN as a game analyst and is a color commentator for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball coverage, as well as a contributor to Baseball Tonight. He is a member of the prominent Boone baseball family...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth9 March 1973
CityLa Mesa, CA
exciting feeling level matter moment normal opening playing wait wake
Opening day, you can't wait for it to get here and then you can't wait to get it over with so you can get into your normal routine. It's an exciting day in America. No matter what level you're playing baseball, even back in Little League, there's an exciting feeling about opening day from the moment you wake up.
certainly effect expect happen impact
It certainly doesn't impact me much this year. You never know what's going to happen down the road, but I wouldn't expect it to have much effect on me this year. If it does, then I'm not doing my job, anyway.
both
It was the same way for both sides.
celebrate deserve honor series ultimate win
The ultimate is to win the World Series and they deserve the right to celebrate that and honor that season.
anyone guys stuck talk walk
These guys stuck with me. They walk the walk and talk the talk better than anyone I've ever seen.
afford dude few game good great guys league player plays
He's just a good dude that plays the game right. Grady just has a great way about him. First off, he's a great player, and he's going to be a great player in this league for a long time. He'll be one of those guys that doesn't really change, other than he'll be able to afford a few more things.
definitely good season
It's a new season and I definitely feel good about it. I'm confident, and I feel good about the season.
almost cliff deep games gave starters strong tonight
Our starters go deep into games so often that you almost take it for granted. Cliff gave us another strong one tonight after Scotty (Elarton) had one (Monday).
feels issue knee last
My knee feels probably better than last year. Having said that, the knee really wasn't an issue (last year). My issue was rust.
came good great
They?re all important now. This was a great game. They came back. We came back. It was a good win. You can?t get enough of them.
bad bit game good humbling lately time
This game humbles you all the time in good and bad ways. It's been humbling a little bit lately in a bad way, and this is just the same. It's humbling.
barely couple lucky night touch
I could barely touch his knuckleball all night, but got lucky enough a couple times.
definitely fortunate guys takes
Sometimes it takes guys a little longer. It's different for everybody, but he's definitely a guy we are fortunate to have on our team.
fun pitches tough
He makes tough pitches when he has to. He's been fun to play behind.