Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez
Alexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez, nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American professional baseball designated hitter for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers. Rodriguez was one of the sport's most highly touted prospects and is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. During his 20-year career, Rodriguez has amassed a .297 batting average, 696 home runs, over 2000 runs batted in, over 2000 runs scored, and over...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 July 1975
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
This is how I define grace: you're on the main stage, and it looks like it has been rehearsed 100 times, everything goes so smoothly. That's where I get my confidence and success, from knowing that I have an edge because I know I'm prepared.
We had our chances. Against a team like Oakland, you start to get a bad feeling if you don't come through. With the mistakes we made and on top of that we had opportunities, but we couldn't capitalize.
We really came into this game with a lot of confidence. It felt like we could play well and dominate this game.
We don't want to be in that situation again. We realize that was way too big a hole that we built ourselves and it was a miracle that we actually won the division. We know that every game in April shows up in September.
We don't want to give any at-bats away. We had tonight what we have to have, a blue-collar approach.
We couldn't get that extra hit to extend an inning or score a run.
We could win three World Series, with me it's never going to be over. My benchmark is so high, whatever I do it's never going to be enough and I understand that. Maybe when I retire is when all the critics and all that stuff is going to end.
We don't want to put ourselves in the situation we did last year. We put ourselves in way too big of a hole, and it was a miracle that we were able to come back and win the division. We know every loss in April shows up in September and late August.
We do not do anything different. The procedure is handled the same way as any other procedure. The only difference is that we will have cameras in the room.
You figured it out, didn't you? Pretty good for a writer.
We've been swinging the bats progressively better the last three days. We have to work on being more consistent.
To me that was like hitting a walk-off grand slam. That was fun. With Mo being out today that was a huge win for us.
We thought so, but we didn't know what to expect. Santana seemed like he got his rhythm and pitched extremely well.
We've been in postseason mode for 10 days now.