Garret Anderson
Garret Anderson
Garret Joseph Andersonis a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for three teams from 1994 to 2010, all but the last two years with the California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels. He holds Angels franchise records for career games played, at bats, hits, runs scored, runs batted in, total bases, extra base hits, singles, doubles, grand slams, RBI in a single gameand consecutive games with an RBI, as well as home runs by a left-handed hitter. A three-time All-Star, he...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 June 1972
fortunate hit plate
I was fortunate to get something out over the plate that I could hit out of the park,
hit nine
All nine of us are important. That's the way we work. It's not just us three, it's all of us. All of us have to hit for us to be successful.
pain running stops
I can't run. It stops me from running like I should run. It's pain ---- I just feel pain.
game miss missed pitches
You miss your pitches some times -- that is part of the game, ... I've missed a lot of pitches this year.
borderline hitting living pitches
They're not making mistakes, and they're living on the corners. You don't make a living hitting borderline pitches that are off the plate.
bothered everybody gets immature opinion people sensitive
I've never been bothered by it too much of what people write, when it's their opinion or whatnot. It's not something I think about. There are a lot of people who get criticized, and if I'm going to get a little sensitive about it, that's a little immature on my part because everybody gets it. It's part of the game. It's part of the business.
prefer risking run
If I can run the bases, I can play defense. That was my thinking. I prefer to play defense. I don't think I'm risking injury.
critical means ready step thinking
The first step is critical because you can't think about it. It is important because that means I'm not ready if I was thinking about it. You have to be ready.
explain happened
I can't explain it, ... It's just happened for me while I'm here.
behind everybody time tired
Everybody is a little tired this time of year, and especially now with what we've been through. But you have to put it behind you and keep going.
balance bat everybody guys hitting phases swing team
In years past, we had a balance of guys who swing the bat and take walks. This team was a little more free-swinging and you're going to go through phases like that where everybody is not hitting at one time. That's reality.
light lives necessary people trust
You know what's going on, ... You just have to put trust in the people that are making the decisions, that they know what they're doing. I think it's necessary to take precautions. You don't take people's lives in a light manner.
matter sound state
To state the obvious, when it equates to getting hits, I'm not getting hits. No matter what I say, it's always going to sound like an excuse.
living
Very obviously, they've pitched well not making mistakes, living on the corners,