Tony Clark
Tony Clark
Anthony Christopher Clark, is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and current executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth15 June 1972
CityNewton, KS
believe clubhouse guys home needs refuse somebody throw willing work
There's still work that needs to be done. You want to throw in the towel? Then go home and we'll get somebody else that's willing to work, but I refuse to believe the guys in the clubhouse are going to do so.
against anyone fighting interest opportunity time
You take the time to take an interest in someone else. It's an opportunity to tell him I'm on his team. He's not fighting against me or anyone else.
comfort level routine
We have a routine we go through, ... and without question, there's a comfort level there.
best concerned less
I'm concerned less about myself and more about others. My concern is about him being the best big-leaguer he could be.
ball fifth plead saw
I have to plead the fifth on that one. Technically, I never saw the ball after it went over the fence.
ball bases count fortunate outfield pick run simply throwing work
Once the bases were loaded, you simply try to pick out a pitch, something up that you can get into the outfield to try to get a run across, but nothing more than that. He was throwing the ball too well to try to do anything else. I was fortunate to work the count well enough to get a walk.
coming gives hitters
It just gives him another weapon. If they look the same coming out of his hand, hitters are going to be in trouble.
prime
It was prime property. It just wasn't hers.
asked chip companies extent lines regional updating
You can see pretty graphically the need for probably some updating of lines in Minnesota. It's a regional issue, so to the extent any of our companies are investing, we're going to be asked to chip in for it.
law-of-attraction projects get-back
What we project, we get back.
attitude real fate
To simplify things down to their real essence, whenever things go wrong in our lives, whenever our plans go awry and the things we took for granted suddenly disappear, we have a very simple choice. We can either succumb to despair and assume the attitude of the put upon victim, powerless to change our fate, or we can decide to turn the tragedy into an opportunity.
couple mean years
When he finished up with the Twins and even after he was done, he was always down on the field, so I had a chance to talk to him every time we came into town. Even my first couple of years - when I was still wet behind the ears - he was more than willing to come over and say, 'Hi.' Obviously, he didn't have to introduce himself, but he spent a little time and asked me how I was doing. And it always meant a lot. Anytime you have somebody of that stature on and off the field to take time and be willing to come talk to you, it means a lot.
media social-media advertising
Social media reaches farther than we can physically reach with advertising.
believe color games
But at the end of the day, I refuse to believe there arent more qualified African-Americans, women, people of color in general for a role from the janitor all the way up to the owner of the club. I refuse to believe there arent more out there that can positively affect any of our games or any of our industries.