Alfonso Soriano
Alfonso Soriano
Alfonso Guilleard Sorianois a Dominican former professional baseball left fielder and second baseman. He played in Major League Baseballfor the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, and Washington Nationals, and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp...
NationalityDominican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth7 January 1976
CountryDominica
choice healthy hope love stay
I have no choice. I love the game. I hope I stay healthy and I hope they play me there every day because I love the game.
easy fly might today tomorrow
I'm not comfortable. Today was easy because I only had one fly ball. Tomorrow might be different.
thinking play
I never think Im going to make a double play in the outfield. But I did it.
ball hand seen stuck
I didn't see the ball come out. I stuck my hand in there. It was a bang-bang play. I haven't seen the replay.
bad couple talks
I just told him I'm confident. I had a couple bad games, but I'm comfortable at the plate. He's like my father. I like when he talks to me.
ball catch drive line lost passed
I try to catch the ball, but it was a line drive going up because of the wind. I see the contact, but after that when the ball passed the infield I lost it a little bit, and I think that's why I have a little problem.
ball bit catch hit left run side
The first thing I see was the contact, and I go to my left side and the ball went on the right. That ball hit my glove. I have to run a little bit more and try to catch it.
believed people santa
When I was a kid, I believed in Santa Claus. But it was very tough because in the Dominican... there are not a lot of rich people there.
bill expect jennifer remain
When you start hanging out with Jennifer Lopez and Bill Clinton, you can't expect to remain an everyday person.
care education gave kids liked mom took whoever
In the Dominican, there are a lot of kids who need help. I just do that for my mom because my mom liked to help a lot of kids in the Dominican. Whoever I am right now is because of her. She gave me the education; she always took care of me like a mommy.
anybody japan latin people talk talks year
My first year in Japan was very tough, just like my first year in the minors. But at least there I had a lot of Dominican people and Latin people I can talk to. If you don't have anybody to talk to, you can get depressed. But if you find someone who talks your language, it's easier.
attention ball best everybody followed great homer knew mark paid signed year
Sammy Sosa? Everybody knew who Sammy was, paid attention to Sammy. I had already signed in pro ball when he had the great homer year with Mark McGwire in '98. But I followed it, and I was proud of him because he was my countryman. There are a lot of great ballplayers from the Dominican, and he's one of the best.
couple days happening tomorrow
Today, I'm not comfortable. I don't know what's happening tomorrow or a couple of days from now.
team trying different
The only problem is getting comfortable with myself. It's different for me, a different team. I have to try to do the best I can, working, trying to get comfortable in the left field and with my teammates, too.