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
expectation ready spring
I have every expectation to be ready for spring training,
coming extra spring time trouble understanding
My understanding is that I should have no trouble getting back for spring training. It's a six-month rehab, maybe, and I have a little extra time in there. Hopefully, I should have no trouble coming back from the first day on.
bunch couple fact felt games good great late means months positive seven spring threw time training turned
But that's a good thing. That's a positive thing. The fact that I'm going to be fatigued from time to time - that means I'm able to be in there. I'm only seven months (from surgery). ... Late in spring training I felt I turned the corner. I felt great the first couple weeks. I threw a bunch of games together. To me, that's great news.
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.
came full hitting spring
I'm healthy. I started hitting on Jan. 2. The day before I came to spring training, I had a full evaluation.
afraid along setbacks start swings unheard
There are a lot of swings I haven't taken, but I get to start over and start fresh. If I have some soreness, and I could have some setbacks along the way, that's not unheard of. But I'm not afraid of that.
decision smoke timing
When all the smoke clears, he says, you don't have any options, you have to have surgery. Not maybe, it's no, you cannot. The timing is the issue, that's the decision to make.
body choice
I didn't really have a decision. I know my body. I know my shoulder. This was the only choice right now.
problem
I don't have any problem with that. We'll see how it goes.
played swings time
No different than any other year. Played it the same as every year, no swings the first time out.
arm decision lift shirt
My decision is going to be, am I able to play baseball, and I couldn't before. If I can't lift my arm and get a shirt down, I can't play baseball.
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.
degrees five golf hitting lifting loose playing range restricted strength tee telling turned
Right now I'm turned loose and I'm hitting off the tee and playing golf, running, lifting, strength training, lifting as much as I want to lift. I'm not restricted right now. In my range of motion, I'm right at the very end of everything -- five degrees is what they're telling me.
amount days eager games goes logical mixed nice reasonable schedule seems
There is a schedule that I'll see some games shortly - a nice amount of off days mixed in there. It seems reasonable and logical on paper. If it goes well, we'll see what else we can do. I'm eager to get to the field.