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
angel winning world
I want to win when the whole world is watching, ... I want to win a World Series in an Angels uniform.
thinking swings missing
I think it looked like I was a little more aggressive than I was, ... I swing at bad pitches anyway, but I was swinging at even more bad pitches and missing. It looked worse. But I was thinking about [the milestone], no doubt about it.
baseball risk want
I dedicate all my time to baseball, because when you come from where I come from, you don't want to risk anything.
balls
What I do is see the ball, hit the ball.
baseball growing-up fun
When we are youths in the Dominican, we pick up bats and balls because baseball is part of what we grow up with. The fun feeling you get playing keeps your head up when you encounter difficult times.
baseball thinking play
I don't think about how many people are watching me. I'm just happy to play baseball for myself.
spring feel-good training
I tried to use batting gloves at the beginning of every spring training up until 1999. It just didn't feel good.
want
I'm not as good as I want to be.
trying balls looks
I just have to come back tomorrow and try again, ... I have to look at the ball and keep swinging.
inches middle plates
I don't have to get a pitch down the middle. If I like the pitch-even if it's 15 inches off the plate, and that's the pitch I wanted-I'm swinging.
might fields bats
I might be shy, but in the field, where I have to do my work, I do it. I let my bat speak for myself.
team feel-good way
As a ballplayer, you just want to feel respected. I like the way Washington presented the team to me and I feel good about what was being said.