I was able to get back to the wall, get a gauge on it and I was actually almost kind of waiting on it to come down, make a good jump after it and bring it back.
"Todd Mathew Hollandsworth" is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played with the Los Angeles Dodgers (–), Colorado Rockies (2000–), Texas Rangers (baseball)/Texas Rangers (2002), Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs (–), Atlanta Braves (2005), Cleveland Indians, and Cincinnati Reds (2006). He batted and threw left-handed.
Hollandworth graduated from Newport High School (Bellevue, Washington)/Newport High School in Bellevue, Washington in 1991. He was drafted in the third round of the 1991 Major League Baseball Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Hollandsworth made his major league debut on April 25, 1995, for the Dodgers. He was named the National League MLB Rookie of the Year/Rookie of the Year when he led all NL rookies that season in hits, doubles, home runs, runs batted in, and stolen bases in 149 games. His award was the fifth consecutive Rookie of the Year award for the Dodgers, an MLB record. Hollandsworth was a member of the 2003 World Series Champion Florida Marlins. The Braves acquired him on August 29, 2005, from the Cubs, for minor league pitchers Todd Blackford and Angelo Burrows.
In a 12-year Major League career, Hollandsworth compiled a .273 batting average with 98 home runs and 401 RBI.
More Todd Hollandsworth on Wikipedia.We kind of put our foot down, right there, and said, ?We're playing good defense, we're hitting and we're going to win this game. It looks good. They're fun. You love them.
In that situation, I was able to get back to the wall in time to gauge where the ball was going. It wasn't the toughest catch I've ever made, but it was the kind of thing where we're putting our foot down right there.
I barely had time to get my batting gloves on. That was probably the earliest I pinch hit all year. It kind of caught me off guard.
Sometimes when you get that opportunity, you're just hauling into the wall and it doesn't work out. In that situation, I was able to get back to the wall, get a gauge on it and make a good jump to try and bring it back. I was waiting for it to come down.
Incredible, he's the story of the day, no doubt about it. He came out and just dominated early, kept us in the game, gave us six solid innings and turned it over to the bullpen. It was a nice win. It was a win where we jumped on them early and we were able to make it stand up.
We have survived, basically, all year on emotion and adrenaline. We're just trying to come up big.
I don't have a formula for it. You just prepare every day and try to be ready. We had lost three in a row, and I wanted to help out. I'm just glad the day went well for us.
I was with Travis in Texas in 2002 and I saw it then. It was just a matter of time before he started doing this.
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