David Eckstein
David Eckstein
David Mark Ecksteinis a retired American professional baseball player who was an infielder in Major League Baseball for ten seasons. He played college baseball for the University of Florida, and has played professionally for the Anaheim Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres. Eckstein won the 2006 World Series Most Valuable Player Award...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 January 1975
CitySanford, FL
capable couple guys hitting home runs
We have a couple of guys capable of hitting a lot of home runs that haven't yet.
people
Yeah, that's what people say. We'll see if that's true. But I know that in this lineup, I'm just going to do everything I can to get on base. That's my job.
envelope happen hit lay management pushed ran
We didn't lay back and let things happen today, ... We hit and ran and just pushed the envelope all day, that really show Tony's management style.
expected home pack plans win
We expected to win. I didn't even pack anything (Wednesday) or make any plans for getting home because I thought we would win tonight.
balls eight hard nine pitcher throw
You get a pitcher to throw eight balls in a row like that (actually eight balls in nine pitches), and it can be hard for him to get back in the zone.
field held home stay wait
We held home field advantage. One thing we've got to do, we've got to stay aggressive. We can't wait to get over there.
chance consistent definitely good
We've definitely got a chance to be a lot more consistent than we've been the first 11 games. We did a lot of good things out there today.
coming excellent playing
We're having excellent at-bats through the whole lineup. When we're playing our best, it's coming from one through nine.
believe watch
Watch this. Froze him like you wouldn't believe. Definitely, he has not just a fastball.
absolutely everybody field home kid thinks
When I'm off the field I do absolutely nothing. Everybody thinks I'm a hyperactive kid because of the way I play, but when I go home I'm the calmest, most laid-back person you'd ever want to meet.
clutch coming hits knack steps
When he steps on the field, he has a knack for coming up with clutch hits when you need it.
gone handle help life perspective puts situations win
What they've gone through, it puts a lot of things in perspective and that perspective will help you handle the situations in that you know win or lose, life is still going to go on,
creating definitely execute game inside moving needs prepared situations staying whatever
There is definitely a lot more to it than show up and swing. I'm working on staying inside the ball, working on different hit-and-runs, moving runners, creating situations in your head. So when the game comes up, you're prepared to execute whatever needs to be executed.
bad bugs count early job mind pitcher strikes swing throw
When I have two strikes, I feel free, ... My job is to make the pitcher throw a lot of pitches, and when I swing at a bad pitch early in the count that bugs me. Once I get to two strikes and I swing at a bad pitch, I don't mind it at all.