Adrian Beltre
Adrian Beltre
Adrián Beltré Pérezis a Dominican professional baseball third baseman for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball. He is known for his prodigious defensive and offensive capabilities, being selected four times each for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, Silver Slugger Award, and MLB All-Star Game. He bats and throws right-handed...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth7 April 1979
CitySanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
games hitting my-favorite
I love hitting-that's my favorite part of the game.
batting club hit hitting prefer season whatever work year
I prefer to hit 3-4-5, but I'll do whatever the club needs. I started the season in 2004 hitting seventh, and that didn't work out too bad. By the end of the year I was batting fourth.
matter
It doesn't matter how old you are; if you can play, you can play, ... He's something. He does it every day.
broken feeling
I thought it was broken at first. I've got the feeling back in it now, so I know it's going to be OK.
numbers
I would say it has to be Vinny Castilla. Aramis Ramirez would be up there, but Vinny Castilla has put up some big numbers in his career.
against coming future game hall knew pitcher
When we knew this game was coming we thought it would be something special, and it was. You have a Hall of Famer against a young pitcher who is something special. In 10-15 years we may look back at this game and say it was a Hall of Famer against a future Hall of Famer.
trying balls kind
Byrd has always been that kind of pitcher, trying to trick you, keep the ball low, in and out. He threw a lot of strikes, worked it inside and out, threw breaking balls for strikes behind in the count.
worry trying bullets
But the Twins opened the fifth with their second and third hits, and Beltre helped Hernandez by taking his bullet throw for a force at third on a bunt try. I felt it, ... My only worry was that he didn't throw me a sinker. He threw hard, but a good fastball.
support i-can immigrants
I'm an immigrant myself. I'd probably support it, but I can't do much.
home plates feels
When you go to home plate with a lot of confidence, you feel that you can hit any pitch.
play get-better way
I have to get better, but I can't change the way I play.
want lasts firsts
I want to be consistent from the first day of the season to the last.
cocky
I'm confident, but not so confident that I'm cocky.
rookies excuse young
I'm not a rookie anymore-no more excuses about being young.