Tino Martinez
Tino Martinez
Constantino "Tino" Martinezis an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1990 through 2005. He also served as a hitting coach for the Miami Marlins in 2013...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth7 December 1967
CityTampa, FL
either far future ruled
As far as my future goes, I have no idea, ... We'll see what happens. I haven't ruled anything out either way.
changes either sure team wants
I have no idea but either way it?s been great, ... A lot of changes have to be made. I?m sure the team wants to get younger.
easily great half kept meetings month moving playoffs positive pushing
He did a great job. We could have very easily not made the playoffs and been out of this thing a month and a half ago, ... He'd have his little meetings here or there, kept us positive and kept pushing us to keep moving forward.
percent
I don't want to make this a big deal. I'm done. I'm not going to play anymore. I'm 100 percent decided.
four teams
Once you're in, you're in. There are only four teams who make it. Let's go.
won yankees
The '98 Yankees never won 11 in a row.
job
for his job being on the line, so to speak.
change everybody great job knows yankees year
Mel did a great job here all these years, but that's the way the Yankees are. Everybody knows when you come to the Yankees, that things can change from year to year. Everybody that's been here a while understands the things that may arise.
adversity satisfying team together year
Not just personally, either. More because of what the team went through. The injuries, the adversity ... we went through so much to get here, and to kind of put it all together at the end of the year is pretty satisfying for everyone in this room.
excuses feeling flashy greatest late loved teams won worked
It's the greatest feeling in the world. Those teams we had in the late '90s and won the World Series, they just loved our team for the way we went about our business, the way we worked hard. We weren't real flashy stars. We didn't make excuses when things weren't going our way.
face facial pick scream tone
You know in his tone of voice, his facial expressions. When he has a meeting, he doesn't have to scream and yell, he can just give you that face and that tone he has, and you know we had better pick it up and get going again.