Eric Hinske
Eric Hinske
Eric Scott Hinskeis a former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman and current assistant hitting coach for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball. Hinske played in the major leagues with the Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves and Arizona Diamondbacks at third base, first base, left field, and right field. He won the 2002 AL Rookie of the Year Award with the Blue Jays...
field finds good great hard might rut
He's positive. You might be going through a little rut in the field and he just finds a way to make you feel like you're good and you belong. He's great for young infielders because he understands how hard it is.
hit looked mound nearly took
He said on the mound he didn't try to hit me. I just looked at him and said, 'Come on man.' It really hurt. He nearly took my nipple off.
hit looked mound nearly took
He said on the mound he didn't try to hit me, ... I just looked at him and said, 'Come on man.' It really hurt. He nearly took my nipple off.
hit mound
He said on the mound he didn't try to hit me,
alex asking competition writers
I'm not in competition with Alex (Rios). Writers keep asking if we like each other and, yeah, we like each other a lot. But all this is out of our hands. All any of us can do is go out there and play when our name's in the lineup.
nearly took
It really hurt. He nearly took my nipple off.
awesome balls couple
A couple balls off the helmet, going into the dugout, the first baseman's not there, that's awesome for us.
fun numbers past possible roll stressed
It's funny. You just kind of roll with the punches, try to get as many years in as possible and try to win. The most important part for me is having fun at what I'm doing. I've thought about things so much in the past and stressed myself out. I've got to put up numbers here (in Florida) and there (in Toronto).
confident gaps nervous talked vernon
I've done it before. I'm not nervous about it. I'm confident that I can make the transition. I've already talked with Vernon (Wells) about it. He said: 'Anything in the gaps I've got' so I should be fine.
guys soon
You want your 1-2 guys healthy. We've got to get them out there as soon as possible.
couple early hits home nice quiet runs
It was nice to get a couple of runs early and quiet their crowd, but when Manny hits his home run, it was 'here they come again,'
act
I don't have a choice, you know. Come out here and do what they tell me to do. That's all I can do. Just be quiet, go about my business, just act professional, that's part of my job.