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
cities definitely forward looking parks
Obviously, it's time. You see what the other new parks have done for the cities involved. It's definitely something we're looking forward to.
bones broken core effective mess pain played shocks today
I've played through a lot of pain, broken bones and things like that. But this is something that's centered. When you mess with your core and your back, I don't know how effective I would be out there today or yesterday. The pain there just kind of shocks your whole body.
glad kid tough trying
It showed. It's just of those things. He's trying to make a play. It's a tough play. You don't want a kid getting hurt. I'm just glad it's not anything more serious.
ground huge mind ready sudden thinking wherever
You've got to be ready for it. If it's not going through your mind, all of a sudden it's on you and you're not ready for it. We're thinking like that all the time. 'Here we go, get a ground ball.' Wherever it goes, all of us, the whole infield is thinking like that. We like that and we want that. It's a huge rally-killer.
deal disc earliest might stages
It could be gone, or it could be something that we might have to deal with for a little bit. It's nothing serious. It's not like a bulging disc or anything like that. It's the earliest stages of something like that which could happen, but it's not there.
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.
gets second
If he gets through the first or second inning, he's kind of in and out,
direction eliminate trying
Hopefully, we're going in the right direction. We're really trying to eliminate this thing so we don't have any more problems.
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.
days felt relief worried
I felt much better yesterday, which was a relief because I was worried about it two days ago. Hopefuly, I don't feel it a lot. Hopefully, I don't feel anything at all.
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,
believe reason
We know we're here for a reason, ... and they believe in us.