Ryan Zimmerman

Ryan Zimmerman
Ryan Wallace Zimmermanis an American professional baseball first baseman for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. Zimmerman played college baseball at the University of Virginia and graduated from Kellam High School. He has been a member of the Nationals since his debut on September 1, 2005. He is well known for his clutch hitting and walkoff hits. Formerly a third baseman, Zimmerman transitioned to first base in 2015...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth28 September 1984
CityWashington, NC
far good hit saw swing tried
I saw it good. But I probably tried to hit it too far and didn't put a good swing on it.
both exciting forward good looks playing playoffs rivalry teams win
I think Jose looks forward to playing every day. I think when you have a rivalry like this, it's exciting and good for the league. It's like the playoffs every time. Both teams want to win that bad.
barely funny
It barely got me. It didn't do anything. It was funny.
check drafted quotes
I think you can check back on my quotes when we drafted him and see that I did.
hit power
I wouldn't say I am a power hitter. I am a gap-to-gap guy. If I hit one like I did today, so be it.
coming expect experience five games playing six trade
I would trade playing five or six more games down there for the experience of coming up here any day, ... You can't come up here at 20 and expect to play every day.
against easy guys hard talk teams whenever younger
Having younger guys on other teams makes it easy for all of us, because we can talk to each other, to talk about what it is like. It's hard for young guys sometimes, and there's not too many of us around. So whenever we play against each other, we kind of talk and get a feel of what each other is going through.
confidence felt
I'm a little overwhelmed, but I always felt that I could play in the majors. If you don't have confidence in yourself, you don't have anything.
bunch expecting hanging learning whenever
I didn't come up here expecting to play. I am not really surprised. It's just whenever they need me. I am hanging out and learning a bunch of stuff.
handle respond struggle year
I am going to struggle. That's going to be a big part of my year is how I can handle that and how I respond to that, and am I doing it as well as I can?
anybody drafted gets thinks
I don't think anybody gets drafted and thinks they'll be up that year. It just happened.
advantage games hitters table win
He was unbelievable tonight. If he can set the table and do that day in and day out, we are going to win a lot more games because of it. If you can be on base, with all the hitters we have in our lineup, it's going to be a big advantage for our team.
glad hardest hit wait
They say your first hit is the hardest to get, ... I'm glad I didn't have to wait too long for mine.
bad good playing timely
It's bad breaks. It's not getting the timely hit. We are playing good defense, making those plays, and we just can't really get down on ourselves.