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
available game lose love mean means
Stats don't mean a lot to me. What means a lot is being available to play every day. I like to play the game and that's what I think about. I love the game and I don't want to lose that.
parts playing second
It's two different parts of the game. I was doing the same thing when I was playing second base. When I play defense, I play defense. When I hit, I don't think about defense.
hours
I have 24 hours or 48 hours to think about it.
enjoying fun game giving percent
The most important thing is I'm having fun like I used to and still feel the same way about the game. I'm enjoying every game and giving one-hundred percent in the field.
yankees done want
I don't want to change. I haven't done it before, I won't do it now.
express open people racism surprised
Look, I know that there are people who are racist, but what surprised me was that he was so open about it. I know there is racism out there, but many people don't express it like that.
catch easy fly hard people trying
I feel better than the first day. I'm working hard every day, I know that. I'm trying to feel comfortable. It's very hard. People think it's very easy to catch some fly balls. ... They're not easy.
agent call couple teams until worry
My agent told me there were a couple of teams interested. I said I don't want to worry about it. I said if it happens, call me. But don't tell me who the teams are. Don't say anything about it until it happens.
beginning control situation
Ballplayers are soldiers, and we have to play where we're told to. At the beginning I didn't want to, but I don't have control of the situation -- and after all, I thought it's just for a year.
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.
tape
When I look at myself on tape I can see that, but I just didn't make the adjustments at the time.