Position Player Quotes

Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop.

The shortstop is a perfectly conditioned athlete. You're running out on relays all the time. You're covering second base. On every pitch, you're moving.

I've always loved the infield, because I came up as an infielder.

I took a huge risk leaving baseball, because I was predicted to play in the big leagues. I'm kind of a prototypical second baseman.

I think that a starting pitcher has to do something special to be as valuable or more so than a position player.

I consider myself more of a hybrid player than just a fullback.

I pitched and I played the outfield.

I like that the pitcher hits. I think that my feeling is that everybody should play a position. In order to hit, you have to play a position. That's just my view of it. I feel that's more baseball, and the games are managed different. I enjoy the National League, how it's played.

I think the Angels could use me the most. The Angels don't have a day-to-day first baseman.