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
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.
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.
bill expect jennifer remain
When you start hanging out with Jennifer Lopez and Bill Clinton, you can't expect to remain an everyday person.
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.