Vladimir Guerrero
Vladimir Guerrero
Vladimir Alvino Guerrerois a Dominican former professional baseball player who spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseballas a right fielder and designated hitter. He played for the Montreal Expos from, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from, the Texas Rangers in, and Baltimore Orioles in...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth19 February 1975
CityDon Gregorio, Dominican Republic
enjoy family forget games home nice
We're really close, ... My mom's very important to me. It's nice to go home after games and forget about it - enjoy the game and then enjoy the family atmosphere.
mike sure swung took until wait
I swung after they took me out (Thursday), ... I just wanted to make sure I could tell (manager) Mike (Scioscia) I was OK. I didn't want to wait until (Friday).
clubhouse good hello inspires pressure says
He comes into the clubhouse and says hello but doesn't put any pressure on you, ... It makes you feel good and inspires you to keep working.
ballpark coming fighting fun guide guys knowing looking playoffs time
The fun thing was coming to the ballpark every day knowing I was fighting for something for the first time in my career. I was fighting to go to the playoffs and I was looking at guys who had been there before to guide me.
anxious bad looks seemed stop swinging thinking
I think it probably seemed like I was anxious because I was swinging at bad pitches. I was thinking about it, but I'm going to keep swinging. Sometimes it looks bad and sometimes it doesn't, but I'm not going to stop swinging.
inches middle plates
I don't have to get a pitch down the middle. If I like the pitch-even if it's 15 inches off the plate, and that's the pitch I wanted-I'm swinging.
trying balls looks
I just have to come back tomorrow and try again, ... I have to look at the ball and keep swinging.
team feel-good way
As a ballplayer, you just want to feel respected. I like the way Washington presented the team to me and I feel good about what was being said.
balls
What I do is see the ball, hit the ball.
might fields bats
I might be shy, but in the field, where I have to do my work, I do it. I let my bat speak for myself.