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
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.
changed deep extending finishing focus fun game playing season send strong suitcases talk thinking
A lot of the talk before was suitcases and how many do you have, how many are you going to send home? ... Nowadays, we don't even talk about that. It's fun to talk about just playing the game and finishing strong and extending the season. My focus has changed from thinking about suitcases to how we extend the season deep into October.
thinking swings missing
I think it looked like I was a little more aggressive than I was, ... I swing at bad pitches anyway, but I was swinging at even more bad pitches and missing. It looked worse. But I was thinking about [the milestone], no doubt about it.
baseball thinking play
I don't think about how many people are watching me. I'm just happy to play baseball for myself.
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).
close mickey
Mickey was right, ... I was too close to the plate.
company feels guys heard tremendous
It feels pretty special, because those are guys that I've heard were tremendous players. To be in that company is very meaningful.
aggressive pitches strike
I don't think I was anxious, ... I've always been a very aggressive hitter. When I make outs with pitches out of the strike zone, it's something I've done my whole career.
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.
bad lately swing swinging worse
I always swing at bad pitches, ... But lately I was swinging at even worse ones.
excited field happy today
I feel happy that today I am going to play. I am excited to be on the field today.
family help received remember says talked
Ortiz said. ''Vladi says he doesn't remember it, but that his family always talked about the help they received from the US.
beginning changed original
I've said from the beginning that I would not play and I haven't changed my original plan.
felt stretched
This one felt more like it was stretched out. I overstretched it a little bit.