Adrian on remaining a Padre this season: "Why wouldn't it be fine and good?"

by jbox on Mar 4, 2010 4:32 PM PST

XX Sports Radio: Adrian Gonzalez Interview (MP3) with Darren Smith

This was neither a long or short off season, it was in between.
Adrian works out year round. Players that get tired are usually more mentally tired.
The style of baseball is changing for the Padres. Sandy wanted players to draw a walk or hit a home run. This new strategy is getting on base and stealing.
Adrian doesn't want guys trying to steal third base. He doesn't hit it to the hole at first base anyway.
Adrian lead the team in walks. "I never imagined and never envisioned leading the league in that category." Last year he walked more than he struck out and learned plate discipline. His numbers are better when he doesn't chase pitches.

Adrian puts pressure on himself to get RBI's. He also wants to score 100 runs.

Gonzalez hopes to hit in the 3rd spot in the line up, so that he gets an AB in the first inning.

He is not working on stealing bases with Dave Roberts. "I'm just going to have to pick my spots."

On answering questions about being traded. "I understand the part of the business from the media stand point"

"I'm not in control, I can't control my contract. I'm under contract for the next 2 years. I can't control if I get traded or not. The questions shouldn't be direct towards me they should be directed toward management."

He's not surprised that he remained a Padre in the off season. "I'm not surprised, I'm happy I'm here."

Adrian was surprised that Peavy was talking to him, it was unexpected. "When I heard about it, I was like 'woah!'" It was nice to hear Peavy to talk nice about him.

Adrian learned it wasn't fun to be around trade speculation from Peavy's experience last year.

Would he be okay if he was a Padre at the end of the year? "It'd be perfectly fine. Yeah of course. I'm from San Diego. I'm a Padre fan. I'm a Charger fan. Why wouldn't it be fine and good?"

Adrian and his wife are putting on an event on April 3rd to raise money for his foundation. Attire is baseball chic which means "no flip flops".

"My timing was late" as expected in his first Spring Training game.

Gonzalez can't think of a new teammate that has impressed him. He'll get back to us.

Kyle Blanks hits the longest home runs on the team. Stairs probably hits them farther than Adrian.

Headley's throws are a bit different than Kouzmanoff's.

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I only heard the first question

and it answered all my questions about Adrian for the offseason. He’s doing just fine.

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by Axion on Mar 4, 2010 4:44 PM PST reply actions

Baseball sheik?

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Bolts from the Blue

by creanium on Mar 4, 2010 5:24 PM PST reply actions

quicktime

is sometimes a problem. It often crashes – more and more lately. Please figure out another way I can listen to this.

Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a baseball; inside of a dog, it is very dark.
--Groucho Marx.

by planetjeffy on Mar 4, 2010 11:11 PM PST reply actions

Use windows Media Player

by jbox on Mar 5, 2010 8:03 AM PST up reply actions

Change file type associations

Right now, Quicktime is your default player for .mp3 files.
Right-click the link and click Save as… to download the file.
Save it where ever you would like, but you will be able to find.
When you open the file, hold shift and right-click to get the “Open With…” menu.
Select another media player.

There’s also a way to change your file type associations in the Control Panel.

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Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on Mar 5, 2010 9:33 AM PST up reply actions

by Grey Suit on Mar 5, 2010 10:49 AM PST up reply actions

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on Mar 5, 2010 12:59 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

dont' use a macintosh program

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it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Mar 5, 2010 3:24 PM PST up reply actions