Getting To Know The 2011 Sounds: Pitcher Daniel Herrera
Full Name: Daniel Ray Herrera
Position: Left-Handed Pitcher
Nicknames: D-Ray or Chief
Walk-Up Music: Link Wray & His Ray Men - Rumble
Resides: Austin, Texas
Hometown: Odessa, Texas
School: New Mexico Lobos
Something The Fans Don't Know About Me: I don't speak Spanish
Types Of Pitches I Throw and My Outpitch: Sinker, Cutter, Breaking Ball, and Screwball (outpitch)
Favorite Movies: Fight Club, Snatch, and Quentin Tarantino movies
Favorite Music: The Black Keys, Black Mountain, and Guns N Roses
Bookmarks: Funny or Die
Favorite Cartoon As A Kid: X-Men
Favorite Ice Cream: Edy's Girl Scouts Samoas® Cookies Ice Cream
Favorite Actor: Brad Pitt and Jason Statham
Favorite Restaurant: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
Last Book I Read: Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden
MLB Player I Model My Game After: Fernando Valenzuela
Favorite Professional Athletes Growing Up: Nolan Ryan and Ken Griffey Jr.
Most Memorable Baseball Moment: My Major League Debut on June 3, 2008 at Philadelphia
Best Dressing Teammate: Chase Wright
Most Intense Teammate: Justin James
Funniest Teammate: Brendan "Big Guy" Katin
Favorite MLB Team: Texas Rangers
My First Car was: 1959 Chevrolet Apache
My Dream Car is: 1971 Chevrolet El Comino
I Currently Drive a: 2009 GMC Denali
My Hidden Talent is: Owning a Store in the Clubhouse
I'm Afraid of: Snakes
What's On TV: Swamp People and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
If I Wasn't Playing Baseball, I Would Be: Playing Drums
Favorite Athlete in Another Sport: German professional table tennis player Timo Boll
Favorite Nintendo Game: Dr. Mario
My Favorite City To Travel To: Chicago, Illinois
If I Could Face Any Batter, it would be: Willie Mays
Who would portray me in a movie about my life: A young Cheech Marin
Advice I Would Offer Kids Who Want To Play Professional Baseball: You have to really love the game to succeed and survive at this level
Most Underrated Baseball Skill That Kids Should Learn: Fundamentals and respecting the game
Favorite Place to Visit in Nashville: Grimey's Records
Person I Would Like to Meet Outside of the Baseball World: Willie Nelson
Most Influential On My Pitching Style: Fernando Valenzuela
My First Job and How Much I was Paid: Mowing Lawns - $20 per yard
One Thing I Cannot Live Without: My iPod - it has over 21,000 songs on it
My Dream Date: Leah Jung
Best & Worst Aspects About Being a Ballplayer:
Best: Being in the clubhouse
Worst: Traveling and no off days
My Welcome to Professional Baseball Moment was: Playing Rookie ball in Arizona in 100 degree heat
Most Influential in Getting Me to Where I am Today: My Father
Offseason Activities To Relax: Roam around Austin, Texas and listen to records
If I Could Be Anyone Else In The World For One Day, It Would Be: Willie Nelson
The Most Famous Person in my Cell Phone: Dusty Baker