Bengie Molina
Bengie Molina
Benjamin José "Bengie" Molina, nicknamed "Big Money", is a former Major League Baseball catcher and a former first base coach and catching instructor for the Texas Rangers. He is the older brother of major league catchers José Molina and Yadier Molina...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 July 1974
CityRio Piedras, PR
mom baseball brother
I think my mom and dad did a great job with that, because we [with brother] never had any competition in baseball. We always tried to help each other.
opportunity league nervous
I was very nervous, excited, and happy to be given the opportunity to even be in the major leagues.
sports baseball motivation
You have to have a lot of motivation, a lot of heart and be able to work hard. You can never be down on yourself because baseball is a sport that will bring you down [at times].
team player people
I'm a pretty easygoing guy. I'm not hard to get along with. I never had anybody that I had trouble with. On the other team, sometimes you don't like players because of the way they act, but then you get to know them and then they're very good people. But I never disliked anybody.
believe mad pitching
If you're a pitcher, and you're pitching and you strike me out and you start celebrating on the mound and showing me off, whenever I get a hit off you, I'm going to go and celebrate, and you shouldn't get mad. If you're a pitcher and strike me out and show me respect and you don't show me up, when I get a homer or a hit, I'm not going to show you up. That's what I believe.
telling
I had fun. I was telling Gus that I could get used to doing this.
less money took
I took a lot less money to come over here for a reason, and that's to win.
hope lose loss money
For me, it's not about how much money they spent. For me, it's about the team. We need him and I think it's going to be a big loss if we lose him. I hope not. I hope everything is fine.
battle guy horrible plate quick today tough work
Like he always is: Tough to hit. Myself, I was horrible today at the plate so I have to give him credit. I think with him you have to battle all day. He's the kind of guy that's going to work quick and try to get you out quick.
baseball player guy
We're baseball players. We don't need guys telling us, 'Hey, you need to hurry. Hey, you need to do this. Hey, you need to step up.' We are professionals, we can do that without anybody telling us. I'm OK with it, but we need to do it on our own.
basketball baseball brother
We [ me and brother] wanted to win at things like basketball games or baseball games, but off the field we never felt like we had to compete with each other.
video stadiums
When I got to the stadium, one of my biggest things was watching video of hitters.
heart angel player
I liked playing with David Eckstein (former Angels shortstop). I'm not talking about players with top skills, I'm sure there were players with way more skill than him, but there were very few people in the league that had the heart like him.
mom dad humble
My dad and my mom had to sacrifice so much, and had to teach us and show us the way of going about things, how to be humble, all those things. They helped us stay on track for what we wanted to do.