Victor Martinez
Victor Martinez
Víctor Jesús Martínez, also known by his nickname "V-Mart", is a Venezuelan professional baseball designated hitter and first baseman for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. Martínez has also played in MLB for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians. Prior to his tenure with the Tigers, he also frequently played as a catcher...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 December 1978
CityCiudad Bolivar, Venezuela
afraid aggressive faced pitcher throw
I faced Bedard a lot in the minors. He's a very good, aggressive pitcher who is not afraid to throw his fastball.
ask guys home players send throwing
If I see other guys throwing away things, I ask them for it and send it home for the young players there.
country fans maybe
I think maybe because it was the first time, fans in this country didn't get as excited. But the U.S. team, it was like an all-star team.
guys prove talked
I talked to a lot of guys about it. We want to get back out there and prove we can do it.
middle next ready spring training trying
That's what everybody's saying. It's hard, because it's the middle of spring training and you're trying to get ready for the season. I don't know how they're going to do the next one.
game good last sure
We've been doing the little things well. We always make sure we play the game hard. Unfortunately, these last two games, some of those things didn't go real good for us.
contribute people
We want to let people know that we also contribute to this country.
games
We'll see. We have 14 more games to go. Anything can happen.
ball letting nice rushing
He was nice and relaxed. You could see that he wasn't rushing and just letting the ball go.
himself mound time tough zone
When he's down in the zone he's really tough to hit. He went through a tough time but he was tough enough to keep himself on the mound and really battle.
ball nice trying
C.C. was great. He was very relaxed. He wasn't trying to rush. He was nice and easy, and just let the ball go.
clubhouse great names soon team together tough walk
As soon as you walk in that clubhouse and see all those great names (it's serious). It's going to be tough to put that team together again.
baseball games good hard last win
This is baseball. You have to play hard and do the little things to win a baseball game. The last two games haven't been good for us.
early game knows remember team tough
This is a team that knows how to come back. We don't let one game get us down. Remember early in the season, we had some tough times.