Chone Figgins
Chone Figgins
Desmond DeChone "Chone" Figginsis an American former professional baseball third baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Seattle Mariners, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Figgins was a utility player, playing all positions except catcher, pitcher, and first base...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth22 January 1978
accept holes hope pick swinging team
Just keep swinging and hope that you find the holes out there, ... As long as we win, you can accept it because you have the team to pick you up.
achievement bases credit front great stealing teammates work
Stealing 50 bases is a great accomplishment; I credit my work ethic. I thanked all of my teammates because they let me steal the bases in front of them.
helps love position positions stay team
Listen, I would love to play every day at one position but it's just not happening. Being able to play all these different positions makes it fun. It helps the team and it helps me stay in the lineup.
eat hour lose maybe sleep worth
You lose maybe an hour sleep doing it, ... It's tough, but it's worth it. I get to eat mom's cooking.
money
Those Molina brothers, they can throw. A lot of times when someone runs, they're right on the money and they never miss.
ball drive hit line swing type
With my type of swing I just try to drive the ball and sometimes I may hit a line drive a little too high. That at-bat, I just did.
ball hit keeping kept tough
He kept the ball down and it's tough to hit when he's keeping the ball down.
chip pressure putting runners running
We chip away and chip away. That's just the way we play. We keep putting runners on and keep putting pressure on people.
angel baseball continuing good happened last swings worry
You don't worry about what happened last year, ... We just think about continuing to play Angel baseball -- put good swings on the ball and play good defense. To me, that's why we're successful.
baseman gold great guys second win
We've got a first baseman, shortstop and second baseman that I think should win a Gold Glove. Those guys are great in the infield.
hit miss pitches
We just got pitches to hit and we didn't miss them,
ball hard
We put the ball in play hard today.
bases ethic great means number pleased shooting stealing work
I was shooting for a more important number -- 100 runs. It means I've been getting on base. Stealing 50 bases is a great accomplishment. I'm pleased with my work ethic to get here.
crazy happening playing
There's some crazy things happening right now, but we're all right. You just keep playing through.