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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Last year I had to prove a lot, and I feel like I was able to do that. Having this deal shows the organization has a lot of confidence in me. I appreciate that.
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Last year at this time, I didn't know what would happen. I knew I had to show everybody what I could do. It was a long process. This was a much more relaxing winter. I was able to enjoy myself a lot more.
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He's very valuable. When I got hurt he stepped in and did a great job. Last year when Bobby got hurt he did a great job. You have to have guys like that on the team.
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I kind of knew that it would take a while at the beginning of the season because I hadn't played for a whole year, ... I was hoping things would progress and my arm would get stronger as the year went on, and everything I've expected to happen has happened so far.
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Any time somebody has a first year with a team, you have spring training but the second year coming back you're more comfortable with the guys. We didn't have a ton of turnover. We have some new guys but we pretty much have the same guys as last year.
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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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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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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.
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When you put in a lot of hard work, you hope to see results, and right now it's satisfying.