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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He has owned me all of my life. I've only hit two home runs off him, one in college and this one. We have played a lot of games against each other since we were 13 years old.
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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.
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I've got good chemistry with both of them, Hanley and Robert. They are good guys. When you understand someone outside the field, that makes it easier to understand them on the field. I know how Andino plays. I know how Hanley plays, and how Amezaga plays. We all know what we like to do, so I think the chemistry is pretty good.
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You can imagine if we could fill this place even halfway up how fired up we'd be.
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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.
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The only hit I've gotten off him my whole life was a bomb in college and a bomb today.
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It's always fun being on the road, but I have a little baby to get home to that I've only seen once.
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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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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.
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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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We let it slip away. Once again, another tough one.
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It all started off pretty good, then a couple things happen and all the sudden ...
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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.
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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.