Jermaine Dye
Jermaine Dye
Jermaine Trevell Dyeis a retired American Major League Baseball right fielder. Dye grew up in Northern California and was a multi-sport star at Will C. Wood High School in Vacaville. Dye attended Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, where he played as a right fielder on a team that reached the playoffs. Dye played with the Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, and the Chicago White Sox. Dye won the World Series MVP with the White Sox in 2005. Dye...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth28 January 1974
CityVacaville, CA
When he first hit it, I thought it was probably gone. It had just gotten cold. Maybe earlier when it was warm it would have gone out.
It was very special. I didn't really know what to expect -- meeting the President was a great honor.
This is not necessarily a home run lineup, but we have guys who are strong enough to hit home runs. The guys are feeding off each other right now...and we're playing good team baseball.
Kenny Williams showed me on paper what the makeup of this team would be like. I always know that from being around this game, pitching and defense wins,
It was good. I think a lot of guys enjoyed it. Just to understand what those guys went through.
It hit my bat. I turned around and the umpire said it hit me. I'm not going to tell him I fouled it off.
I didn't really try to do too much, ... Just tried to hit it hard somewhere and found a hole up the middle.
It didn't hit me. I turned, and he told me it hit me. When the umpire tells you to go to first base, you go to first base. I'm not going to tell him I fouled it off.
He's just been off the charts,'' Oakland manager Ken Macha said,
It was kind of funny to me. When you come to an opposing team's ballpark and something happens that may have not gone their way, they'll let you know about it. He thought it was kind of funny. He said he's known now. I told him he could probably go to Hollywood now and become a movie star.
I know he throws a lot of sliders, ... He throws hard but usually his fastball is just to keep you honest.
I had a game plan going up there. I know he throws a lot of sliders. He throws hard, but usually his fastball is just to keep you honest. And I stuck with the game plan of going up there looking for a slider and just not trying to do too much.
Our focus is to get out and win series.
That was like another player who put up those numbers, ... That wasn't me. A lot of people around here have told me you just have to throw out last year, and that's what I'm trying to do.