Marco Scutaro

Marco Scutaro
Marcos Scutaro, better known as Marco Scutaro,is a Venezuelan former professional baseball infielder. He bats and throws right-handed. Scutaro made his MLB debut with the New York Mets in 2002. Since then, he has also played for the Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants. Scutaro was named the most valuable player of the 2012 National League Championship Series while with the Giants...
NationalityVenezuelan
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 October 1975
CitySan Felipe, Venezuela
CountryVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
It feels bad when something like that happens. Real bad, because you have no control over that kind of stuff, you just swing and you don't know where the ball goes.
If I was not going to be selected for Venezuela, I was going to play for another country. I want to be part of history. Now that I'm on the Venezuelan team, it's perfect. I was born here and I was raised here. It's an honor.
We're pretty good, I think we have a good chance in a short series.
When things are going good, you've got to enjoy it, right?
As soon as you get traded, you kind of start thinking where you're going to live, your family, you have to pack.
That team had incredible chemistry and a winning mood from the moment you walked into the dugout.
I've been trying everything. My swing has been really inconsistent this year. Today I felt pretty good, so I hope it stays like that for a while.
When you're feeling the way he's feeling, it's like you have two knocks when you show up at the ballpark. And then he gets three or four. The second half, he's been unreal. Great defense, getting on base, driving in runs. He's been huge.
We're trying to win as much as we can. This one's going to hurt a little bit because the next two series are going to be really important. We're just trying to win every game. We don't have much time left.
The notion of a World Baseball Classic is a tremendous idea. This isn't two U.S teams, but a true world championship. It's an opportunity to play against guys you've never faced in your life.
I'm one of those guys that's going to show up to the field and try my best.
The body doesn't recover like it does when you're younger.
The back, it's frustrating. It's hard to figure out. You go to bed feeling good, and you wake up tight. It seems like, when you have a bad back, your whole body feels like crap.
I don't know it's just good timing I guess. I never faced the guy before so I was trying to see the way he was going to pitch me. The first pitch was middle in, a slider. I was looking for a pitch and I hit it good. I focused just to see the ball and to try and get a good pitch.