Mark Grudzielanek
Mark Grudzielanek
Mark James Grudzielanekis a former Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop. Grudzielanek played for six different teams during his 15-season career. He batted and threw right-handed. He is currently an Assistant Player Development Coordinator of the Arizona Diamondbacks...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 June 1970
glad kid tough trying
It showed. It's just of those things. He's trying to make a play. It's a tough play. You don't want a kid getting hurt. I'm just glad it's not anything more serious.
direction eliminate trying
Hopefully, we're going in the right direction. We're really trying to eliminate this thing so we don't have any more problems.
bones broken core effective mess pain played shocks today
I've played through a lot of pain, broken bones and things like that. But this is something that's centered. When you mess with your core and your back, I don't know how effective I would be out there today or yesterday. The pain there just kind of shocks your whole body.
heels throw works
The way he works is phenomenal. Between him, (Mark) Mulder and (Matt) Morris, they get up there and throw it and it shows. We're not on our heels ever.
seen
We do the little things, ... I've never seen so many squeezes in my life.
anybody experience good great involved last opportunity
That we're a good team. It's a great experience for anybody to be involved in something like this. It just doesn't come around too often. Fortunately we have an opportunity to get back where we were last year, and that's our mission.
brings clubhouse goes player seeing
I think he's a much better player than I anticipated, ... Just being around him every day and seeing what he brings to the table, to the clubhouse and to the field. Just the way he goes about his business.
division games leading
Yeah, we're leading the division by 15 games but we go out there and play every game just like it's the last,
bit closer might
If they might have been a little bit closer it would probably be a little more special. But it's one of those things where I don't think they've really got their thing together.
cities definitely forward looking parks
Obviously, it's time. You see what the other new parks have done for the cities involved. It's definitely something we're looking forward to.
believe slight
Right now I believe there's just, on the L-5 disc, a slight tear, real tiny,
days felt relief worried
I felt much better yesterday, which was a relief because I was worried about it two days ago. Hopefuly, I don't feel it a lot. Hopefully, I don't feel anything at all.
felt fine stung
I felt it. It stung a little bit, but I'm fine now, really. I don't see it swelling.
came complete felt following great growing maybe minor ourselves somebody sports strive year
I felt it growing up, other sports and in the minor leagues, I'd have a great year but at the end there was always something I couldn't do. It just didn't matter, ... Somebody was always going to write something. 'He's not a complete player.' He can't do this or that. We came from the same breed. We pretty much have the same thing following us. Maybe it was true, maybe not. But we strive to make ourselves into better players.