David Bell
David Bell
Infielder who played for seven MLB teams from 1995 to 2006, and began managing at the MLB level as a third base coach for the Chicago Cubs in 2013.
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth14 September 1972
CityCincinnati, OH
agree charlie fully intend point prepared
I agree with Charlie that I need to be fully prepared for the season, 100 percent. But I fully intend on getting myself to that point and being prepared to play.
deal great recognized wants
He wants to be a great player, and I think he wants to be recognized as a great player, ... but I don't know if he wanted to deal with all the things that come with it.
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There is no direct analog to this in the traditional retail world. It seemed to us that firms had not figured out the 'right' shipping policy, so there's a lot of experimentation going on without clear guidelines.
defense games win
I just reacted, ... Defense is something you can win games with.
affect gone health healthy percent ready start team
If my health was an issue, I would've gone in and told them. I wouldn't want to affect the team that way, so I'm 100 percent healthy and ready to start the season.
confident
I need to get at-bats and get myself ready. I'm confident about it.
bad ball trying
I'm not trying to make something happen, ... When the ball was hit, I thought I could make it for sure. Because I didn't make it, it's a bad play. From the way it was, where it was hit, I really thought I could make it.
coming hard throwing
Not necessarily, because he's throwing hard enough where he's coming in on guys. For awhile, when he wasn't throwing as hard, you can always think away, away, but he's got enough to keep you honest.
beautiful game gets scary vertical
He's scary good. He's got a beautiful game for a big man. Once he gets his vertical up, he'll be unstoppable.
bring head meet next plus year
If I keep my head on straight, then this will be my year to have fun. I'm more experienced this year plus our next meet will be outdoors. That's when I'll really bring it out.
game
If I make that play, the game is over.
accept felt hard
I feel better than I have felt in a long time. I want to play every game. It?s never hard for me to accept not playing.
shut
He shut us out, basically. He pitched with a lot of confidence.
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I can speak for everybody on the team. This is probably one of the toughest losses. We're going to miss him a lot. He's a great guy, a great teammate. I know everything is going to work out for him, but we're certainly going to miss him here.