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
swing unless
I've been patient. If it's not my pitch, I'm not going to swing at it, unless I get two strikes.
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.
hit people
People put so much expectations for you before you even do it. I think it's not fair, ... When you hit 40, they want you to hit 50. When you hit 50, they want you to hit 60.
batting felt good practice start
I wanted to go out there and start something. I felt good in batting practice.
against guys helping players playing respect team vote win
They're the ones that see you go out there playing every day and helping your team win every day. I think the players that you play against know more than anybody. I have much respect for all those guys who vote for me.
lifting maybe solid team
They're a real solid team now, Maybe I'm not lifting enough weights.
looking near people played scoreboard talk washington
Some people like to put up numbers. I play to win. I didn't know how many homers I had near the end of the season, but we played Washington and they always talk junk, so I started looking at the scoreboard and that got me going.
All around, defensively, offensively, I got to give it to them.
help playing records team worrying
A record's a record. When you're done playing, those records can stand. Right now, I'm going out there and playing to help my team win. I'm not worrying about any records.
help stay step time
I wasn't doing well at the time. I was frustrated. It was time for me to step up, ... I wanted to help us get consistent, get into first place and stay there.
doubt game guys hit home illegal mind people products saying stuff themselves using
I know they've been saying a lot of stuff about a lot of people using illegal products to make themselves feel strong, but the game is still the same. All the guys still look strong, and there's no doubt in my mind they can still hit home runs, 50, 40 home runs.
needed pitching ready wait
I needed to get some live pitching because I wanted a boost. I am ready and I can't wait to get going.
high hit home
That's probably true. They probably do. They're young and they hit a lot of home runs. And they all hit for high averages. And they have so many. We are just three.
chance enjoy everybody good hit home people run telling wish
It's a good thing. A lot of people don't get a chance to hit that many home runs. On the other side, I really don't enjoy it that much because with the loss, I was telling everybody that I wish I could have hit a home run when we were winning.