Rich Aurilia
Rich Aurilia
Richard Santo Auriliais a former Major League Baseball player, mainly as a shortstop. The 24th round pick of the Texas Rangers in the 1992 Major League Baseball draft, Aurilia played in the Rangers minor league system before being traded with first baseman Desi Wilson to the San Francisco Giants for pitcher John Burkett in 1994...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth2 September 1971
choked ended fastball hit instead knew looking lose pull stayed supposed throwing trying
You really have nothing to lose in that situation. I choked up a little bit, especially with two strikes. I wasn't looking for an offspeed pitch, but I knew he had it. He ended up throwing me another fastball that I stayed on and hit it where I was supposed to hit it instead of trying to pull it.
meeting next
He thanked me for what I'd done, ... He said they'd know more after their meeting next week.
babe baseball behind hitting ruth walk
He could have Babe Ruth hitting behind him, ... and they'd still walk him.
depressing games lose seems teams win
It's kind of depressing when you lose like that. Teams like that, they win games like that. Seems like they always come out on top.
pitchers
I don't know. That's for the pitchers to decide, not me.
couple guys homer hope walks
A couple of guys got walks and a couple of guys got hits. You can't hope for a three-run homer ever time.
confidence next playing worrying
I can come in one day and say 'Hey, I'm playing third,' and the next day, 'Hey, I'm playing second,' and have the confidence that I can do it now without worrying about what I'm going to do out there.
confidence couple job last needed playing year
After the last year of playing a couple of new positions, I have confidence that I can do that and get the job done there. I think they have the confidence in me that if they needed to put me somewhere, that I would do the job.
anywhere behind care throw
When it really comes down to it, I really don't care where I play as long as I play. You could throw me in the outfield, I don't care; anywhere but behind the plate, for now.
hits runners scoring walks
We got some walks and some hits with runners in scoring position, ... Those are the little things you have to do. You're not always going to get the three-run homer.
against anybody far match offense pitching takes
We're going to go as far as our pitching takes us. Our offense is going to match up against anybody ...