A biography for Ben Zobristhasn’t been written yet.
“My dad used to do it when we were little, and I tried it when we played around in the back yard. Eventually, I got a bat and a real ball and played around to see if I could hit left-handed.”
“We don't even think about it out there. We just focus on doing our job. The ball is the same baseball, the game is the same game. We're going to just keep trying to do our jobs.”
“I'm just trying to create a working knowledge of my body. So it knows what to expect.”
“You don't get a chance to go to the playoffs and World Series very often, but to be able to experience it with the people you love most in the world is really fun.”
“I have family and friends who are strong Cardinal fans, and they are having a tough time since I signed. They want to root for me, but rooting for the Cubs is next to a sin.”
“I am a student of the game.”
“We've got to do better at taking care of players and making sure the fans get the best of the players when they're showcasing their abilities.”
“If we just focus on stats, we're gonna eventually not have them.”
“I did the utility thing at first out of necessity to find a place on the team.”
“It's important to set a tone and get some momentum.”
“I was kind of a slap hitter, trying to get base hits, hit line drives, stay below a certain trajectory with my ball.”
“You have to catch the breaks.”
“There are times when your mind isn't ready to go but your body is, and times when your body is ready to go but your mind isn't. You try to get the two in sync as much as possible.”
“The one thing is the more I play second base, the more I can work on the intricate movements of that position.”
“I was so engrossed in my sport, I wasn't thinking about the future from God's standpoint. I was thinking about just my sporting future.”
“It really comes down to God opening the doors for me, and I'm trying to walk through them doing the best I can.”
“You just want the highs to start once the playoffs start.”
“Wiffle ball was my first experience hitting left-handed.”
“You're not going to hit a bunch of three-run homers every game.”
“I had a chance to choose a couple different places and, well, I grew up - I was a small-town kid from Illinois, so No. 1, just trying to win a championship for my home state.”