Andruw Jones
Andruw Jones
Andruw Rudolf Jonesis a Curaçaoan professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseballmost notably for the Atlanta Braves. Jones also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees, and in Nippon Professional Baseballfor the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Jones was a noted defensive specialist for most of his career and won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award for outfielders every year from 1998 through 2007. Jones also had an elite...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 April 1977
age chance goal good hit home people wish
It's a good accomplishment. A lot of people didn't get a chance at that young age to hit 300 home runs. It's a good feeling. But I wish I could have hit it when we won. My goal is to win. Stats are stats.
great talent
It's great to see. There's a lot of talent down there.
lifting maybe solid team
They're a real solid team now, Maybe I'm not lifting enough weights.
matters series time win
All that matters now is another World Series. It's been a long time. We have done everything else, so now it's time to win a World Series again.
anywhere bobby camp knows military ready
I wouldn't know what to do anywhere else. Bobby doesn't put us through military camp out of the gate. He knows what we need to be ready for the season.
far good pitching puerto question
Puerto Rico has a very good team. They have a lot of talent. If they play well they're going to win. They have the bats, so it's a question of how far their pitching can take them.
beat good teams
We'll see what happens. All these other teams are getting good and we still have the same team. We're the team to beat and we'll see what happens.
fastball guys mistakes
When guys make mistakes you have to take advantage. He made a mistake with the fastball the first time.
thinking people firsts
People think the leadoff spot is a big deal. I tell people you're going to lead off the first inning, and after that, you can be a No. 4 hitter or No. 3 hitter.
fans prove
I just have to prove to myself, I don't have to prove to fans.
team trying stuff
I just go out there and try to help my teammates any way I can. They are on me a lot to be in the lineup and do stuff for the team, but sometimes it's just...frustrating.
team play fans
You play for the team, you don't play for the fans.
focus littles middle
My focus is to stay up the middle. If I'm a little early I'll hit it to left, if I'm a little late, I'll hit it to right.
dad player taught
My dad taught me how to play. He was a great amateur player in Curacao.