Andy van Slyke
FameRank: 4

"As player"

* St. Louis Cardinals (–)

* Pittsburgh Pirates (–)

* Baltimore Orioles

* Philadelphia Phillies

"As coach"

*Detroit Tigers (–)

*Seattle Mariners (–present)

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* 3× Major League Baseball All-Star Game/All-Star (1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/1988, 1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/1992, 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/1993)

* 5× Gold Glove Award (1988–1992)

* 2× Silver Slugger Award (1988, 1992)

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"Andrew James Van Slyke" (born December 21, 1960) is an United States/American professional baseball coach (baseball)/coach and retired Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. He is the 2014 first base coach of the Seattle Mariners and formerly served in the same post on Jim Leyland's Detroit Tigers coaching staff.

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My biggest problem in the big leagues is that I can't figure out how to spend forty-three dollars in meal money.

They saw what I can do, ... They know I can hit. The injury set me back a little bit, but I will have to just go to spring training and play the best I can play and just see what happens.

I was disappointed because I don't think that was the right thing to do, ... It was partly the umpire's fault because it was evident the guy was throwing at him.

I have an Alka Seltzer bat. You know, plop plop fizz fizz. When the pitcher sees me walking up there they say, 'Oh what a relief it is.'

They wanted me to play third like Brooks so I did play like Brooks - Mel Brooks.

I was leading off the inning, and the count was 2-0, so I was pretty sure he was going to throw a strike, ... I didn't think he wanted to walk me, so I was expecting one out over the plate.

I knew he was trying to hit me, ... I asked the umpire to do something about it, but he did nothing. Our coach came out and asked him to issue a warning, but he didn't. The umpire did absolutely nothing about it.

Last year we had so many people coming in and out they didn't bother to sew their names on the backs of the uniforms. They just put them there with Velcro.

It seems like Satan has thrown the DH into our game.