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Asdrubal Cabrera [1985-0] Venezuelan

Rank: 103
Athlete, Baseball player

Asdrúbal José Cabrera is a Venezuelan professional baseball shortstop for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Nationals, and Tampa Bay Rays.

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I was afraid if I started to hit home runs, my average would drop.		101
I just try to do my best every at-bat. That's what I plan to do.		102
We want to win and make a push.		103
That's where my focus is all the time, trying to get on base.		104
It's tough to lose every day.		105
It's hard for a shortstop to play with a guy you don't know in the middle of the season. If you know a guy early in spring training, you're working with them.		106
I don't want to be jumping from team to team.		107
I want to finish my career in Cleveland. They gave me the opportunity to play in the big leagues.		108
Some years you have good years, some years you don't.		109
I don't spend the whole off-season in Venezuela. I spend a couple of weeks in Cleveland, go to Florida, take my son to Disney World. But I still have my home, and my whole family lives in Venezuela.		110
I just work every day.		111
I feel like I want to be an Indian all my career.		112
When you make the playoffs, it's like you've done your job for the team. I've got that moment in my mind all the time, and I want to be there again.		113
It makes you feel good that another team wants you, but I play with my heart.		114
Only facing right-handers and not left-handers is hard for me.		115
You're not going to put up good numbers every year.		116
I try to do my best every game to help the pitchers and help my team win. That's it.		117
When I was in Seattle, I listened to Carlos Guillen and other older players.		118
Lindor is a good player. When I was 20, I wasn't conditioned like he is.		119
I'm going to do my best to help the team play hard and help the team win... I'm just coming to play baseball.		120
Everything that happened last year stays in the past.		121
I want to be there for the team.		122
I'm not one to put a lot of pressure on myself.		123
Sometimes I'm wrong, sometimes not. But I'm an instinctual player.		124
Life is so fast. And I still remember when I came up to the big leagues and played as if it were yesterday. Time flies.		125
That's everyone's motivation: to get to the playoffs and win the World Series.		126
I've really enjoyed playing this game. It's a game that I try my best to enjoy to the fullest. Without pressure. Relaxed. And that helps me when I play.		201
I'm a baseball player who likes to enjoy himself and leave everything to God. He knows what'll happen.		202
I like it, but I think second base is too boring.		203
I see the game too slow from second base. That's why I like to play more short.		204
You have more time to make the play at second base than shortstop. That's why the game's more quick.		205
If you want me to play second, I need time to get ready to play second. If you want me to play short, I need time.		206
I've got to take care of the knee to finish the season healthy.		207
I try to be a good teammate.		208
I think that's the key for a good team, to work together like a family. It's something that I've learned over the years with the experience that I've gotten over 10 seasons.		209
More than anything, you have to respect the game and do things the right way.		210
I just come every day, do my stuff before the game, work hard. You work hard, and it pays off.		211
Try to do 100 percent, do my job, and that's all.		212
I like to keep my team together.		213
It's the same game. It's baseball. National League, American League. It's baseball. I just come here and try to do my thing. Do my work and help the team to win.		214
This game is crazy. You're up and down, up and down. When you feel good, you want to be there every time for the team.		215
With my experience, I think I've earned that respect from the team and from my teammates.		216
I always try to boost everyone's spirits.		217
I don't swing with my knees. I swing with my hands.		218
I thank those people that thought I had lost the agility to play shortstop, because they gave me more motivation.		219
A lot of scouts said I was not capable to play short. Every team that came to me, they wanted me to play third, and I wanted to show everybody that they were wrong.		220
I keep working hard to show people they're wrong.		221
Scouts always think they're right. They're not right all the time. They don't even know how hard it is. Most of those scouts never played baseball.		222
When you get old and play every day like I did, it's hard. Hard on your body. You start to get sore. You gain weight. But that makes me work harder, be stronger in my mind, and show I can still play.		223
They tried to make my dad play professional basketball. But he was married young, too, at 20 years old. He wanted to have a family and said that money was not enough.		224
My dad, he believed in me. My first year was hard for me. I came to the States with myself, and no one came with me.		225
It's hard to come back and play when you've gone through surgery.		226
It was very important for me to play winter ball. It was very important for me, my arm, and my whole body.		301
I'm excited to wear my country's jersey.		302
I don't want to leave the field for a little thing. I try to be ready every day.		303
Sure, I get tired. But it's a long season, and you've got to play no matter if you have a little injury. I'm that kind of player.		304
I got Neil Walker now as my new second baseman. He's great. He looks comfortable there. He knows what he's doing. That's the second baseman you want to play with.		305
I would love to stay at one position.		306
I think it's hard for someone to play short and then come back to second. It's not the same.		307
Any position they want me to play, I'll be there.		308

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