Mark Grudzielanek
Mark Grudzielanek
Mark James Grudzielanekis a former Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop. Grudzielanek played for six different teams during his 15-season career. He batted and threw right-handed. He is currently an Assistant Player Development Coordinator of the Arizona Diamondbacks...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 June 1970
ball beating good hitting pitch swing throwing
When he's making his pitches, nobody's getting a good, good swing and they're not hitting the ball on the barrel, ... I mean, he's beating them in, he's throwing his cutters and curveballs, and throwing the first pitch for strikes. It's awesome.
good hopefully shows
I feel really good right now. It's the healthiest I've been in a long time. Hopefully it shows out there,
arm good people somebody sure waiting
A lot of people were waiting for us to fail. That's all you heard: his arm and my injuries. I think we've done a pretty good job. But I'm sure there's still somebody out there who would disagree.
ball blind chance good knew left needed
It's kind of a blind flip. I just needed to get the ball to him, because I knew we had a good chance of getting Berkman. I kind of left it out there a little bit, but I knew I had to keep it outside.
anybody experience good great involved last opportunity
That we're a good team. It's a great experience for anybody to be involved in something like this. It just doesn't come around too often. Fortunately we have an opportunity to get back where we were last year, and that's our mission.
fun
I think we all know what we need to do and it's just having a little fun while we're getting there.
seen
We do the little things, ... I've never seen so many squeezes in my life.
brings clubhouse goes player seeing
I think he's a much better player than I anticipated, ... Just being around him every day and seeing what he brings to the table, to the clubhouse and to the field. Just the way he goes about his business.
tough wish
Just try not to think about it. It's a tough situation. You don't wish it on anybody.
division games leading
Yeah, we're leading the division by 15 games but we go out there and play every game just like it's the last,
carry playing run
When you're playing good, ... you just want to carry it and run with it for as long as you can.
arm drive game habits people plays size talk work
His work habits and his drive to play the game are special, ... People talk about him all the time, about his size and his arm strength. Then you see the plays he makes. It's amazing.
says
We try to get him to go out and he says 'No, I've got a show Tivoed at home. I don't know about this guy.
talked
We talked a lot and we had to get comfortable,