Scott Rolen
Scott Rolen
Scott Bruce Rolenis an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays and Cincinnati Reds. He was an eight-time Gold Glove winner and seven-time All-Star...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth4 April 1975
CityEvansville, IN
eight ready says taken
Now would I have taken eight or 10 weeks? Sure, I would have. At the time, I'm ready to go, the doc says I'm ready to go, it's fine.
awhile coming everybody familiar forward good guys looked people pulse takes
It's a big part of that a lot of people don't understand. We had a good pulse here. You looked forward every day to coming to the park. Everybody was a big part of the team. It'll be like that again, but it takes awhile for guys to become familiar with one another.
beautiful early feels people
It's beautiful; it's a beautiful ballpark. It's probably a little early to say it feels like home, but the people make it home.
forward last lifetime looked sure
It's a lifetime experience, something you've looked forward to your whole life. You're not sure if you want it to be over with, or if you want it to last forever.
bring honor supposed uniform
It's not supposed to be personal. It's not about you. It's not about your opponent. It's about the game. It's about it being an honor to put the uniform on at this level. Don't bring it down from that.
history richness selected shocking stadium traded
For an organization and a stadium with the richness and history that it has, to be traded over in '02 and selected to this, it's surprising, shocking and much appreciated,
faces games played quiet
It is quiet in here. There are a lot of new faces here. We haven't played any games yet. It's early. But, yeah, it's still a little different.
great history liked people played players trend
A lot of people liked the old place. It had some history. A lot of great players played there. The way the game's going, the trend of the game, is to have new ballparks.
playing time tough
We've always had a tough time playing them.
atmosphere ball change drive felt hits last opening seems three travel weeks
I'll take three hits on Opening Day anywhere. I felt better the last two weeks of spring. I felt I could drive the ball. Things change when you get in a major-league stadium, the atmosphere changes, the ball seems to travel a little farther.
choice procedure
I really didn't have a decision. This is my only choice right now, to get the procedure done.
body timing
I really didn't have a decision. I know my body. Timing was the issue.
certain magic number spring worry
I don't know if there's a magic number of at-bats for me to take in spring training. I'm not going to worry about it if I don't get to a certain number down here. I feel like I'm making progress, and that's what I thought this was all about.
certainly gold huge jim middle worried
He's an eight-time Gold Glove outfielder; I'm certainly not worried about Jim Edmonds. I'm certainly not worried about him at the plate, I'm certainly not worried about him in the field. He's a huge part of this team, and right in the middle of everything.