Adam Kennedy
Adam Kennedy
Adam Thomas Kennedyis an American former Major League Baseball second baseman. He played for the Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Washington Nationals, Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Dodgers and had two stints with the St. Louis Cardinals...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth10 January 1976
CityRiverside, CA
bag closer cover double pitches played step took trying
I had him played a little to the hole, a step closer to the bag to try and make the double play. I could see on the first two pitches that he wasn't trying to do too much. I took a step to my right to try and cover a little more ground.
both continue decision help speak team trying versus whatever
I can only play well and continue to try and help the team and that will speak for itself. Whatever happens, so be it and make the decision tough. I'm not trying to think about it as him versus me, but both of us working together. I think that is the way to look at it.
aggressive behind fall stay trying
I was just trying to stay aggressive and try not to fall behind in the count.
nights stay surprised works
I wouldn't say it surprised me, but you have to stay ready. On nights like this when you get the opportunity, you want to be ready. Sometimes it works for you and sometimes it doesn't.
deal
I wouldn't say I'm surprised. You just deal with it.
offense played
We didn't play very well. We played well in a couple, but not so well otherwise. Our offense just didn't really get going.
dig dirt hopefully positive run
Hopefully they'll run out of dirt to dig up. I don't know if anything positive will come out of it anyway.
bat bringing help saw spring upside
Everything is true, from what he's done in the Minors to what we saw in Spring Training. When you have that bat that can help your team, there has to be an upside to bringing him up.
last time tonight won
Every day's pretty big from here on out. It's unfortunate Oakland won tonight and we lose, but it probably won't be the last time that happens.
fair fastball hit johnson randy runs threw
Randy threw well tonight. We got some things going off of Johnson and when we did, we got some runs out of it. I hit a fastball in, and all I wanted to do was keep it fair and hit it hard.
argue bit teams
Offensively, you can argue there are some teams out there that are a little bit more well-balanced than us, especially with the power.
cut freddy great league matter playing seem six stuff tonight work
They seem to be playing pretty good, so everyone in the American League has their work cut out for them. It doesn't really matter that we got to their bullpen. I mean, what's the difference? Freddy didn't have his great stuff tonight and he still battled through six innings.
bats bends handle seem
A lot of new bats have a handle that bends on impact. I don't really like that. They don't seem to have as much pop.
cost days defense pitcher run sharp stay
You're going to have your 0-for-4 days, but you don't want to have days on defense when you're going to cost the pitcher a run or two, so you have to stay sharp on defense.