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
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.
beginning changed original
I've said from the beginning that I would not play and I haven't changed my original plan.
family help received remember says talked
Ortiz said. ''Vladi says he doesn't remember it, but that his family always talked about the help they received from the US.
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.
close mickey
Mickey was right, ... I was too close to the plate.
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.
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.
excited field happy today
I feel happy that today I am going to play. I am excited to be on the field today.
anxious bad doubt eventually looked means swing swinging worse
It means a lot to do it at home. I really wanted to do it here for the fans. I never had a doubt that eventually it was going to come. Now I don't have to think about it anymore. I think it looked like I was even more anxious because I always swing at bad pitches, anyway. So it looked even worse because I was swinging at even worse pitches.
anxious bad doubt eventually looked means swing swinging worse
It means a lot to do it at home. I really wanted to do it here for the fans, ... I never had a doubt that eventually it was going to come. Now I don't have to think about it anymore. I think it looked like I was even more anxious because I always swing at bad pitches, anyway. So it looked even worse because I was swinging at even worse pitches.
I want to come back and do this again.
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.
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).