Jason Bay
Jason Bay
Jason Raymond Bayis a Canadian-American former professional baseball left fielder. Bay played in Major League Baseballfor the San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets and Seattle Mariners...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 September 1978
CityTrail, Canada
It's a long hot, but it's all we've got right now.
finally game good longer seems win
It's good to finally win a game ? it seems like it's a lot longer than it's actually been.
finally game good longer seems win
It's good to finally win a game -- it seems like it's a lot longer than it's actually been,
against anytime finish guy means
Anytime you're going up against a guy like that you know you're not going to get much to hit, ... To get that, and to finish strong, means the world to me.
fear knew pitching runs
As well as we started off, we knew that it wasn't going to be like that every day. The fear was that once we cooled off, if the pitching was there, we weren't going to get enough runs to win.
bat behind eighth game innings key knowing lead night ninth playing tough
The key to the whole game was getting a lead early. We've been playing from behind in a lot of games. It's tough when you go into the seventh, eighth and ninth innings every night knowing that every at bat is do-or-die.
easier game win
You want to win so badly, but this isn't a game where you can try harder. You have to try easier, and that's easier said than done.
bar high improving last obviously offensive realize season stand
You want to keep improving every year, and I've obviously set a very high bar for myself after two years. At some point, though, that's going to stop. You're not just going to keep getting better and better forever. That season I had last year, I look back on it and see the numbers, and I do realize how they stand out in most offensive categories.
baseball last start thinking
If you're 16-1, the last thing you want is a day off. But when you don't start off well, sometimes having a day off relaxes you. Not thinking about baseball for a day helps.
highs
It's been a lot of highs and lows, especially for March.
difficult great improve people seem
It's great to get those guys. Some people seem to think that will automatically make everything that much better. But it's still going to be very difficult to improve on those numbers.
defense game good hitting year
It's really the first game all year where we had our pitching, our hitting and our defense all working at the same time. That's a good sign.
exciting talking
It's an exciting time, ... You're talking about life-changing money.
carrying definitely drive hitter job runs score
It's definitely not just me carrying the team, ... As a middle-of-the-order hitter my job is to drive in runs and score runs.