Placido Polanco
Placido Polanco
Plácido Enrique Polancois a Dominican-American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseballfor the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers and Miami Marlins. He was a second baseman, third baseman and shortstop. He was twice voted to start in Major League Baseball All-Star Games: in 2007, and again in 2011...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth10 October 1975
CitySanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
bit complete finish game good maybe mind playing playoffs strong win year
Basically, we're playing to complete the schedule, ... We're not going to the playoffs. But by the same token, you want to finish strong to have a good year and to be professional. This is a game, this is your job, and you want to really play the game right. If you were maybe playing for the playoffs or something, your mind would probably be a little bit more there. That's just the way it is. But by the same token, there's no excuse. You have to come out here and play. You want to win every game.
course expect good people played team thinking
Of course I'm excited. It should have been like that every team I played on. It's good people expect a lot of things from me, and I'll be thinking of that.
good happy leaving sad stay
It's sad to be leaving good friends, but I'm happy because I'm going to play more. I just wanted to play. I wanted to stay here my whole life.
great runs
It was a great experience. Now, I show up here and look at all the runs we're scoring.
chance four sign traded
They traded me because they thought it was better for the team. It was better for me because I got a chance to play every day in one position, and then they go and sign me for four years. What else can you want?
manager tough
Being a manager is tough because you can only make decisions, but you can't do anything more,
baseball focus life worst
If you focus on the statistics, that's the worst thing you can do in your life as a baseball player,
bad base behind capable counting game good hitting home key runner runs swings today win
If you're counting on home runs to win games, you're in bad shape. Home runs are not going to come every day. Home runs just happen. You get good at-bats, you put good swings on the ball. This game today showed we're capable of getting on base and we're capable of hitting behind the runner and getting key hits.
bad counting games home runs win
If you're counting on home runs to win games every day, you're in bad shape. Home runs don't come every day.
crush good miss pitch ready sure
I don't know how ready he was. Even during the season, sometimes you miss it. But sometimes you crush it. I'm pretty sure Ortiz thought that was a good pitch to hit.
bag knew throw
He probably knew I was going to throw it like that, because I knew the bag is there. I have to throw it to the bag. But in this case, he knew I was probably going to do it. The more you play with a guy, the more you get to know each other and better you can get.
chance signed
If I didn't think they have a chance to be good, I wouldn't have signed here.
accurate knew threw
I knew I had a chance. That's why I threw it. I didn't know how accurate it was going to be.
game knew knowing whether
I knew I was going to play. This game is already hard. You don't need other distractions like knowing whether you're going to play or not. Now I'm very, very comfortable.