That made my career taking him deep.
"Johnny Pulado Estrada III" is a former United States/American Professional baseball/professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, Milwaukee Brewers and the Washington Nationals.
Estrada was selected in the 17th round of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. His major league career started in with the Phillies after an injury to the regular starting catcher, Mike Lieberthal. In , he became a part-time player. Estrada was acquired by the Atlanta Braves from the Phillies on December 20, 2002, for Kevin Millwood in a move that was said to be financially motivated, since the Braves could not pay Millwood's salary. During the season, Estrada spent most of the year on Atlanta's AAA (baseball)/Triple-A team, the Richmond Braves. After Javy López left due to free agency, Estrada became Atlanta's starting catcher in . He Batting average/hit .314 with 9 home runs and 76 Run batted in/RBI. Estrada also made the All-Star team and helped Atlanta win their 13th division title in a row. After a slightly disappointing season, Estrada was traded by the Braves to the Arizona Diamondbacks for pitchers Lance Cormier and Óscar Villarreal on December 7, 2005.
More Johnny Estrada on Wikipedia.We spotted him that one run. My freakin' terrible throw went to center field. Give a guy like that a one-run cushion when he's got his 'A' game . . . that's tough.
He just makes pitches when he has to. He gets himself into trouble, but he's got a slider that seems invisible to hitters.
It was weird, ... I was used to making a lot of right turns lately. I had to make three left turns around the bases. I got back to the dugout and everybody was yelling, 'Did you know where you were going?'
The attitude with all the young guys is: What have we got to lose?
We can't seem to put a streak together right now with this kind of win one, lose one, win one, lose one. That's not the way we want to go into the playoffs. We want to grab hold of this thing and hit full stride going into the playoffs.
The last couple of days, I've felt like I can really help this team, ... Last week, I wasn't so sure. I'm excited about the future and the playoffs. I think I'm healthy enough to help.
He just makes pitches when he has to. He's got that slider that sometimes looks invisible to hitters, but they'll swing at it. ... We've been calling him Houdini all season long.
If we can go home and take care of business in this last homestand, we'll be fine.
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