Carlos Delgado
Carlos Delgado
Carlos Juan Delgado Hernándezis a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player. With 473 home runs and 1,512 RBI, he holds the all-time home run and RBI records among Puerto Rican players. He is one of only six players in Major League history to hit 30 home runs in ten consecutive seasons, becoming the fourth player to do so...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth25 June 1972
favors man matter speaking talk
At the beginning, that was their approach, ... It doesn't matter if you're Latin, American or Italian, if we're going to talk business, talk business. I'm not doing you any favors, you're not doing me any favors because we're speaking in Spanish. I'm a man first.
push run third trying tying
It's exciting, this is great. We are making a push and it is exciting...I was just trying to make contact. We had the tying run on third base, but I was just trying to make contact.
risking unique
Considering this is a pretty unique opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime event, and we're not risking anything treatment-wise, I'd like to be there, and be part of the team. If I get better, and can still play, I'm already there.
normal
I'll be working my way down to my normal .185.
bragging cuba everybody measures wants
This is going to be for bragging rights. Everybody wants to see how Cuba measures up with the professional teams.
pumped sweet
It's like sweet and sour, because we get pumped up, and then we get a little panicked,
cylinders firing good help hopefully tremendous
He's a good friend. He's a tremendous ballplayer, and hopefully he'll be firing on all cylinders and we can help each other out.
deal early
I don't want to downplay what we've done, but it's too early to make a big deal of things.
decision owner turn
That's their decision -- they went that way. I can't do anything about it. I only play first base. I don't want to be a GM. I don't want to be an owner or make their decisions. Turn the page.
camp days less lose spring work
If I was going to lose any time, I'll lose less than other players. The first 10 days (of spring camp with the Mets), I'm going to go to work and be with my teammates.
deal expect sound
I don't make a big deal out of numbers, and you don't want to sound arrogant. But 100 RBIs, the way I look at it, I expect to get 100 RBIs every year.
talk time
I don't like to talk about myself. But I think it's going to be a better lineup this time around.
knows perry seen
Perry is pretty knowledgeable and he knows what he's doing. He's seen me play enough.
feeling happy kid scary
The kid is impressive. It's kind of a scary feeling that he's actually going to get better, so I'm happy to be on his team.