Aaron Rowand
Aaron Rowand
Aaron Ryan Rowandis an American former professional baseball center fielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giants...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth29 August 1977
CityPortland, OR
attitude believe early helps learn mental mistakes side trying winning work
Sometimes you're lucky, sometimes you make your own luck. You can learn from losing, as in what mistakes you made. I believe winning is an attitude. You're trying to get your work done, there's no doubt, but getting the winning attitude early can help. Winning helps the mental side of the game.
grief line money perfect playoff voted
They've already been voted on, so there's no way of stiffing them out of money for the playoff share. You can give them grief all you want, but their line is that they were perfect for the series, that two-thirds of an inning they threw.
eight hits score string together
You've got to string hits together at the right time. You could get 16 hits, two hits in eight innings, and not score any runs. It's about getting hits at the right time.
beat best dwell forward gate next
You're not always going to get out of the gate going good. The best thing you can do is look forward to the next day. If you dwell on this, and let it beat you up, you're going to kill yourself.
face hit pole run trying
You're going to end up on your face before you hit the pole trying to get up the hill. If you hit it, you hit it, so what? I've run into a lot more things.
biggest
This is the biggest one they make, too. I fouled a changeup off the pad, and then a curveball catches me on the shin.
finally head hits playing sleeping trouble
After playing 14 innings, when my head finally hits that pillow, I don't think I'm going to have any trouble sleeping tonight.
ugly win
No win is an ugly win, because, at the end of the year, that's one more win you wouldn't have had. And they're all beautiful.
ugly win
No win is an ugly win. At the end of the year, they all look beautiful.
good guys hard laugh reminisce season time
That's what makes it hard to come here and do this and see all these guys and reminisce and laugh and have a good time the way that we did all season long. Because I know I'm not going to be able to see these guys for a while.
experience feeling hard last won
That's why you play, isn't it? I won a world championship last year, and the feeling is incredible. It's hard to describe. You have to go through it and experience it.
explain special
I was out of breath. You can't explain this. There was something special going on tonight.
pride wear
I'll wear it with pride, all the time.
ballpark brought excited forward great help looking start team win
I'm just excited to start the season. I think the ballpark is great and I'm looking forward to contributing to this team in any way possible. I was brought here to help the team win and I'm going to do everything I can to help.