Ryan Howard
Ryan Howard
Ryan James Howardis an American professional baseball first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball. Howard stands 6 feet 4 inchesand weighs 240 poundsat 8% body fat. He bats and throws left-handed. Howard holds numerous MLB and Phillies' franchise records...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth19 November 1979
CitySt. Louis, MO
name second
I just showed up and my name was in the lineup. After the second (home run) everyone was saying, 'Hey, give me the flu.
award father hope represent
I hope to represent this award in a way that would make your father proud.
far growing learn meant plane slow stay watch watched
He's meant a lot as far as being able to watch him play and see what he does. One of the things he told me was to stay on an even plane and slow everything down. I watched him growing up, and to learn from him now has been great.
fun ride
It's a fun ride for all of us.
experience matter worried
It's all a matter of being able to get the experience and get used to it. I'm not really worried about it.
behind fans great hear
It's been fun. It's great to hear the fans behind you like that. It's really kind of surreal, because you never thought something like that would happen.
crazy hectic
It was hectic and crazy going all over.
chance exciting watch
It's exciting for us to be a part of it. He has a chance to be part of history, and we get to watch him every day.
gone
It's April. It hasn't gone the way we wanted it to go, but it's April. It's done.
bat change flow game outcome swing
It's very important. One swing of the bat can change the whole flow of the game and it can change the outcome of the game.
finish rolling series
That's big, isn't it? We're just kind of rolling on into it and we want to finish this series strong.
company couple errors help present tone wrong
That set the tone in the wrong way. We made a couple of errors that didn't help Gavin - present company included.
runs won worked
It worked today. We got runs and we won the game.
process trying
For me, it's just a part of the process in trying to get ready. There are still some things out there that I want to try to get better at.