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
behind changed faith guys hitting leagues runner though walk
It's really something that's not new, even though I changed leagues and changed teams. If they walk me intentionally, it's just one more runner on base. I have faith in the guys hitting behind me.
beginning changed original
I've said from the beginning that I would not play and I haven't changed my original plan.
changed deep extending finishing focus fun game playing season send strong suitcases talk thinking
A lot of the talk before was suitcases and how many do you have, how many are you going to send home? ... Nowadays, we don't even talk about that. It's fun to talk about just playing the game and finishing strong and extending the season. My focus has changed from thinking about suitcases to how we extend the season deep into October.
felt stretched
This one felt more like it was stretched out. I overstretched it a little bit.
feels felt stretched today
This one felt like it was more stretched out. Today it feels fine.
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.
excited field happy today
I feel happy that today I am going to play. I am excited to be on the field today.
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.
ball looks pay
If something looks good, I'm swinging. They pay me to hit. I look at the ball and swing.
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.
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.
bad lately swing swinging worse
I always swing at bad pitches, ... But lately I was swinging at even worse ones.
enjoy family forget games home nice
We're really close, ... My mom's very important to me. It's nice to go home after games and forget about it - enjoy the game and then enjoy the family atmosphere.