Vladimir Guerrero
Vladimir Guerrero
Vladimir Alvino Guerrerois a Dominican former professional baseball player who spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseballas a right fielder and designated hitter. He played for the Montreal Expos from, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from, the Texas Rangers in, and Baltimore Orioles in...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth19 February 1975
CityDon Gregorio, Dominican Republic
family happy helped helping people remember struggled talking
I remember my family talking about all the destruction they had there, ... One thing I feel very happy about is helping people because my family struggled before and other people helped out.
If you see me play, that's the way I am all year,
ball looks pay
If something looks good, I'm swinging. They pay me to hit. I look at the ball and swing.
bad lately swing swinging worse
I always swing at bad pitches, ... But lately I was swinging at even worse ones.
mike sure swung took until wait
I swung after they took me out (Thursday), ... I just wanted to make sure I could tell (manager) Mike (Scioscia) I was OK. I didn't want to wait until (Friday).
anxious bad looks seemed stop swinging thinking
I think it probably seemed like I was anxious because I was swinging at bad pitches. I was thinking about it, but I'm going to keep swinging. Sometimes it looks bad and sometimes it doesn't, but I'm not going to stop swinging.
aggressive pitches strike
I don't think I was anxious, ... I've always been a very aggressive hitter. When I make outs with pitches out of the strike zone, it's something I've done my whole career.
clubhouse good hello inspires pressure says
He comes into the clubhouse and says hello but doesn't put any pressure on you, ... It makes you feel good and inspires you to keep working.
company feels guys heard tremendous
It feels pretty special, because those are guys that I've heard were tremendous players. To be in that company is very meaningful.
close mickey
Mickey was right, ... I was too close to the plate.
baseball happy kept left people telling
I am very, very happy for the fans, ... I really wanted to do it here for them because they have been very supportive. Out in right field, people kept telling me that I would do it. I am happy there is still some baseball left to play.
ball feeling heads lost quite saw series
I feel collectively what everybody's feeling -- that we lost as a team, ... I feel I saw the ball quite well. It's not the series I wanted to have. We're going to keep our heads up, because I think we can do this again.
bad coming good hacks happy taking took
I feel happy with what I've done after coming back from a bad injury, ... I'm taking the same hacks I took before, I just feel good right now.
ballpark coming fighting fun guide guys knowing looking playoffs time
The fun thing was coming to the ballpark every day knowing I was fighting for something for the first time in my career. I was fighting to go to the playoffs and I was looking at guys who had been there before to guide me.