Mark Ellis
Mark Ellis
Mark William Ellisis an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played the majority of his Major League Baseballcareer for the Oakland Athletics, and also appeared for the Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals. Ellis posted a career .991 fielding percentage, the fifth-best all-time for a second baseman in MLB history at the time of his retirement...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth6 June 1977
CityRapid City, SD
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You look at Frank's numbers and he's amazing. He's already a presence around here. You couldn't be a baseball fan in the '90s and not follow Frank Thomas. He's as good as there was in the game.
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It felt good to get the head of the bat on the ball. That whole inning was good.
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Sure, we'd have liked to win all three. But it's a tough ballpark to play in. They threw three good pitchers at us. We still find ourselves in a good position. You don't want to lose a series. But the position we're in, we're OK.
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I was totally caught off guard. I was very surprised. It's good. He knows everybody on team and everybody is comfortable with him. It's weird how it turned out, but I think everybody's happy. It's good to have Mach.
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He's been telling us all spring he feels great. That second at-bat, that's what he's all about. You could tell he was excited . . . and he looks good in our uniform.
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He has electric stuff. Having electric stuff is one thing, but he knows how to use it. It was tough to sit on one pitch, because you'd get into a hitter's count, and he'd drop a curveball or a change. And he's throwing fastballs 97, 98, 99 with pretty amazing run to it. That's as good a stuff as we've seen all year.
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It's pretty amazing. This stretch is comparable to when we won 20 in a row (in 2002). It's just a great bunch of guys in this clubhouse who really like playing together. There's such good chemistry, and that's probably part of the reason we've been able to turn it around.
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With all we've been through this year, there's no way we're going to give up. Until they say we're done, we're going to keep coming out to try to make it interesting.
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This year, all I need to do is prepare for the season. I'm ready to play baseball.
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Everybody in the dugout was saying they shouldn't have done that. We've gotten a lot of big hits from him. When he gets up there we know he'll get the job done.
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We have made the most of the excellent testing conditions here in Barcelona to prepare for the final three races this year. We have been extremely encouraged by the results this week for both chassis and engine developments.
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We're two guys without any rhythm trying to catch the ball and do what we can.
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Obviously, Bobby is a very important part of the team. Fortunately, we have Marco. If we didn't, it would be even more disappointing. As it is, it will be tough, but that's the way it was dealt. ... We have a very resilient team and we've gone through a lot. We'll do what we can.