Reggie Sanders
Reggie Sanders
Reginald Laverne Sandersis a former right fielder in Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed. Sanders was 24 years old when he made his major league debut on August 22, 1991, after being selected in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft by the Cincinnati Reds. He attended Spartanburg Methodist College before beginning his pro career with the Rookie-level Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League in 1988. He also played professionally with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates,...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth1 December 1967
CityFlorence, SC
Each day is better, ... I'm not 100 percent. I'm not going to be 100 percent because it's going to take another three to four months for it to heal completely. For me, it's being 100 percent functional and doing what I need to do to help the ballclub win.
It is what it is, ... We have to battle through. Nobody's 100 percent, but I think as long as you're functional you can go out and help the team.
When I come back, I want to be able to help this ballclub, ... Not just be a body on the field. So I've still got to run the bases (in practice), and I've still got to do a couple more things.
I'm ready. I don't think I'm going to be tentative at all. When you're injured, you try to get those things out of your mind and focus on what you need to focus on.
It's sort of like crawling before you walk, ... It's a combination of calf and ankle. I do some manual strengthening with the trainers, some stabilization exercises and some ball work, too.
The ball just kept carrying, ... I didn't want the wall to play me; I wanted to play the wall.
Once I got off the pain medication I wasn't at the level I thought I was, ... I think the pain medication was talking more than the body was. But the time I got off the pain medication and I got here, it wasn't good.
I'm feeling pretty good, ... I'm very close, very close.
I'm from South Carolina and there's not much stuff to do and bowling is like at the top of the totem pole there.
I'm one of those guys who believe things get better with age. This is all about preparation for opening day and I'm feeling good about where things are at this point.
I've gotten a lot better, and things have really been picking up the last couple of days. I know I'm not going to be 100-percent healthy, but I just want to be 100-percent functional.
It just seems like we battle back in the bottom of the ninth, the top of the ninth. We're trying to come back and lose that edge.
It's hard to compare because this is under such a big magnifying glass, and so everything is heightened when you come through in key situations, ... There are times when I've been hot, but it was kind of shoved under the table. So now, things are finally going in the right direction for me.
It's huge. Let alone getting one RBI in a week, you get six in one day and especially under postseason pressure. It's a great day.