Terrence Long
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"Terrence Deon Long" is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball. Long batted and threw left-handed.

The New York Mets drafted Long in the first round (20th pick) of the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft/1994 amateur draft. On July 23, 1999, the Mets traded him and minor leaguer Leo Vasquez to the Oakland Athletics for Kenny Rogers (baseball)/Kenny Rogers.The 1999 season was a stellar season for Long. He finished the season by hitting .288 with 18 home runs and 80 RBI's and finished 2nd in Rookie of the Year award voting. On November 26, 2003, the Athletics traded him and Ramon Hernandez to the San Diego Padres for Mark Kotsay. On November 8, 2004, the Padres traded Long, Dennis Tankersley, and cash to the Kansas City Royals for Ryan Bukvich and Darrell May. In 2006, Long signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees, who later called him to the major league level on May 21, 2006, to replace an injured Hideki Matsui. On July 7, Long was designated for assignment by the Yankees and released.

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It was just something that kind of threw me off guard, because I thought I had a pretty productive season last year.

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To me, and the way I grew up, there's no difference in $3.5 to $4.5 [million]. That's me, I'm speaking for myself.

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I'm just ready to get to work, ready to get back to where I feel like I should be, and that's in the big leagues helping this team win. I'm very capable of doing that.

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I didn't put up the numbers for that, so I'm willing to work with him. I know I'm not going to make that next year. I realize that.

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Yeah, that's good. I don't want to go down in the history books for that. I want to be the first guy to lose 19 and come back and win 19.

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I'm good. I'm not working today, but I'm fine.

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That's something we do - 13 hits and not score.

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I was going to stay in but Buddy (Bell) said no. Whenever I start a game I like to finish it.

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I was more hurt than anything. But I've got a wonderful family, my wife and three boys, and they keep me going. They love me whether I'm playing this game or not. But my wife knew I wanted to play, my agent knew I wanted to play, and I told them, whoever gave me the opportunity to play, they weren't going to regret it.

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