Dan Uggla
Dan Uggla
Daniel Cooley Ugglais an American professional baseball second baseman who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseballfor the Florida Marlins, Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants and Washington Nationals. In 2010, Uggla won the Silver Slugger Award at second base...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth11 March 1980
CityLouisville, KY
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Honestly, if I say I didn't think about it I'd be lying. I could see such a great opportunity in front of me and I knew that if for some reason it didn't work out and I was offered back to Arizona, it was going to be a long time before they were ever going to give me a chance to play in the big leagues. That's why I was going to leave it all out on the field. ... I'm going to play even harder now that I have his opportunity.
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I try to get extra bases on anything. That's a play I've done a few times in the past. Any time you see the third baseman going all out for the ball -- I was gone from the get-go. You had to watch him to make sure he made the throw. Once he made the throw, I just kicked it in to the highest gear I have.
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It's something you've dreamed about for a long time and it finally happened. It's kind of surreal but I'm glad it finally did happen. Six games in I was starting to get a little worried. I was just glad it carried over. With my luck I thought it would hit the wall.
couple happen sudden
It all started off pretty good, then a couple things happen and all the sudden ...
slip tough
We let it slip away. Once again, another tough one.
ball couple holding playing runner trying
We started off playing out butts off. Then a couple things happen, like me trying to do too much. When a ball is deflected like that, you don't know where the runner is, and you're better off holding it.
baseball college hits home owned run
He's owned me. The only hits I got off him were a home run in college and the home run today. He's had an up-and-down career, but he has big-league stuff. I think he's going to be around a long time.
consider gets good
He gets me out every time. I consider him a good friend. He's had an up-and-down career. But he's got good stuff. I think he's going to be around a long time.
brings experience great intensity learning love watching
He's a great guy. I love learning from him and watching him. He brings a lot of intensity and experience to the clubhouse. I'd like to be a part of his enthusiasm.
fill fired halfway imagine
You can imagine if we could fill this place even halfway up how fired up we'd be.
bomb college gotten hit life
The only hit I've gotten off him my whole life was a bomb in college and a bomb today.
decent good learned since spring week
I've come a long way since the first day I showed up here. Anything can happen. We'll find out in a week what's going on. I feel good about everything. I feel I've had a decent spring. I've learned a lot. I still have a lot more things to do. Spring is not over yet. I'd still like to see more pitches.
couple fall stay-positive
The first couple months, I was hitting the ball hard but had some awful, awful luck. You stay positive, keep grinding out some at-bats, get a couple to fall through, get a little confidence going and keep going from there.
running team trying
Any way I can produce runs and keep runs off the board for the other team, that's what I'm going to try to do.