2008 Woodie Awards
INSIDE THE LOCKER ROOM
Ryan Armstrong '06 swings for the fences
Zamir Ahmed, sports editor
Issue date: 3/30/06 Section: Sports
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The Campus: When did you first play baseball?
Ryan Armstrong: I started playing probably when I was about five or six, tee-ball like everyone else, then I just played through my town and then through high school and now here.
TC: So, do you play any other sports?
RA: I play football here and I've been doing that just as long as I've been playing baseball.
TC: Which one do you like better?
RA: I'm going to have to say baseball, simply because we go to Arizona or Florida, so it has a little bit of an advantage, I suppose, over football and Vermont.
TC: Is it hard to balance two sports?
RA: It's tough, it's definitely demanding. You have to try to balance your academics and your sports and find time to read, study and write papers and all that good stuff. But I think I would be better off playing two sports with my academics than not doing any sports and doing academics because it keeps me focused on school and all that good stuff too.
TC: How does it feel to be a Middlebury record holder?
RA: [Laughs] Um, flattering, I guess. This college has a very long history and it's an honor to be at the top of the charts in some categories, but I don't know how long it's going to stay. We've got some good underclassmen who are ready to break a lot more records. It's an honor.
TC: Any superstitions?
RA: I would like to say I'm not superstitious, but I guess I am. Uh, I usually wear like, sort of a, like a little piece of string on my left wrist. But, uh, after last season when I was in a slump, I took it off and then I got out of the slump so I haven't worn it since playing baseball, I don't wear it anymore. So I guess a little superstitious. [Laughs] I have some habits, some routines before I get up to bat but it's nothing as OCD as, uh, my batting gloves or anything like Nomar.
TC: If you could have one song played when you are stepping up to bat, what would it be?
RA: Blue Oyster Cult - "Godzilla." I don't know if you've heard it but it's a pretty bad-ass song. I like it, it's a good intro.
Ryan Armstrong: I started playing probably when I was about five or six, tee-ball like everyone else, then I just played through my town and then through high school and now here.
TC: So, do you play any other sports?
RA: I play football here and I've been doing that just as long as I've been playing baseball.
TC: Which one do you like better?
RA: I'm going to have to say baseball, simply because we go to Arizona or Florida, so it has a little bit of an advantage, I suppose, over football and Vermont.
TC: Is it hard to balance two sports?
RA: It's tough, it's definitely demanding. You have to try to balance your academics and your sports and find time to read, study and write papers and all that good stuff. But I think I would be better off playing two sports with my academics than not doing any sports and doing academics because it keeps me focused on school and all that good stuff too.
TC: How does it feel to be a Middlebury record holder?
RA: [Laughs] Um, flattering, I guess. This college has a very long history and it's an honor to be at the top of the charts in some categories, but I don't know how long it's going to stay. We've got some good underclassmen who are ready to break a lot more records. It's an honor.
TC: Any superstitions?
RA: I would like to say I'm not superstitious, but I guess I am. Uh, I usually wear like, sort of a, like a little piece of string on my left wrist. But, uh, after last season when I was in a slump, I took it off and then I got out of the slump so I haven't worn it since playing baseball, I don't wear it anymore. So I guess a little superstitious. [Laughs] I have some habits, some routines before I get up to bat but it's nothing as OCD as, uh, my batting gloves or anything like Nomar.
TC: If you could have one song played when you are stepping up to bat, what would it be?
RA: Blue Oyster Cult - "Godzilla." I don't know if you've heard it but it's a pretty bad-ass song. I like it, it's a good intro.