Ryan Freel
Ryan Freel
Ryan Paul Freelwas an American professional baseball player. A utility player, Freel played second base, third base, and all three outfield positions in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals between 2001 and 2009...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth8 March 1976
CityJacksonville, FL
great kept key
He pitched a great game, and he kept us off balance. He kept them in the game, but we had Claussen on our side. I think that was the key for us.
benefit job multiple playing team
I don?t think they want to give me a job at one position. I can benefit the team more playing multiple positions.
center field hurt
It's unfortunate Kearns got hurt, but I was able to fill-in and play some right field Thursday. And there I was in center (Friday).
coming eventually pitcher pitches success swinging throw tired work
It's not just that we're making them throw pitches. We're not swinging at pitches we can't handle. If you do that, you're going to make the pitcher work and he's going to get tired and eventually you're going to get into their bullpen. That's what you want to do. I think that's where our success is coming from.
good played
Absolutely. For the most part, we played good under Jerry.
baseball build good happens played
We played all-around good baseball today, ... That's what happens when you do the little things. This is something to build on. We played small-ball today. The little things have to happen for us to win.
ball build finish good happens next ourselves played strong
We played all-around good ball today. That's what happens when you do all the little things. We showed ourselves we can finish up strong and build for next year.
good jump sneak
I was able to get a good jump and sneak in there.
gave ourselves
It showed a lot of character. That's what we're all about. We battled back and didn't give up. We gave ourselves a chance, and that's the key.
drop five head hit home reason runs score shown shows six win
It just shows we don't have to hit home runs to win games, either. We've shown we can score five or six runs an inning. With this lineup, there's no reason to drop your head and give up.
That should get me 10 more right there.
good hit might rest stay three
I might not get another hit the rest of the spring, but as long as I have good at-bats and have a good approach, I don't care. If I can stay with that, I'm going to get my hits. I've done it for three years now.
against ask communication flip jerry knows level nobody players respect whether
I know all of the players respect him. He's been around for a while. He knows what he's doing. Nothing against Miley, he did everything he could, but the communication level wasn't there and nobody know what was going on, nobody could get an answer. On the flip side, Jerry will tell you straight-up whether you like it or not and that's all a player can ask for.