Q. What did you think of the uproar about your decision to snub the curtain-call?
A: Number One, I don’t listen to the radio shows. Number Two, I don’t know why you call it a decision. It’s not a decision. Yesterday we talked about the situation and I thought that there are moments, and then there are moments. I don’t think that was the moment (for a curtain call). I also said (Sunday) that we appreciate the fans, and the support of the fans, but we’re here to play a game. And we’re usually playing a team on the other side of the dugout. And that’s what we are trying to pay attention to. At the end of the day, the big story is that we took two out of three to Atlanta and that’s about it.
Q: Were you sending a message to fans?
A: No, it had nothing to do with that. I hit a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh. We’re winning by two, all I did was just add another run. Like I said, there are moments, and there are moments. I didn’t think that was the right moment. It wasn’t like a walk-off home run, it wasn’t a tiebreaking home run. We’re in April, which is good. It’s good because we won, and it’s good because we took two out of three from their best two pitchers. And that’s the way it should be.
Q: Have you turned them down before?
A: When you have 434 home runs, there’s a couple of times they clap. I have a great deal of respect for the game and for the opposition. You don’t want to get into doing something you’re supposed to be doing, and waiting on the top step waiting for someone to give you a curtain call.
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Posted: April 28, 2008 at 11:52 PM |
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1. Kurt Posted: April 29, 2008 at 12:22 AM (#2761847)Mad Dog: He's not trying to win!
Uh...
I love Carlos. I didn't read the article, but I read Madden's the other day, and it was equally hallucinatory. He took a quote from Carlos explaining why there was no need for a curtain call in the situation, and Madden simply went on about sending the fans a message like he hadn't just included the quote at all.
"Q: Did any teammates try to convince you what to do, one way or the other?
"A: Convince me? No. Julio Franco's not here."
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"Q: Would you ask them to stop booing?
"A: Me? A Puerto Rican kid in the middle of the city? Are you serious?"
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"Q: Have you thought about what would’ve happened if you just took the curtain call?
"A: I have no idea. What was I supposed to do? I’m just curious. Am I going to stay out there until they start booing again? I don't know."
LOLZ! I'm starting to get a man-crush on Carlos Delgado.
Jeter has to actually hit a ball over the wall to get a curtain call.
... which explains why he's still waiting for his first curtain call of the season. Zzzing!!
The first time I saw Carlos Delgado play was at the 2000 MLB-NPB All-Star Series in Japan. My brother and I attended Game 1 at the Tokyo Dome, sitting on the first base line side. Hisanori Takahashi, at the time a very good pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants was on the mound, and Carlos Delgado was batting lead-off. About three pitches in, Carlos put the ball into right field seats.
Later, I was at a concession stand, and noticed they were showing replays on the monitor. Seeing the pitch on TV, I got to see the location. Fastball, inside, on the knees. And he hammered it. That's how I learned that Carlos Delgado was one hell of a hitter.
I've got to admit that fans are definitely going to far when they call for curtain calls during pracice.
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