Mark Ellis

Mark Ellis
Mark William Ellisis an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played the majority of his Major League Baseballcareer for the Oakland Athletics, and also appeared for the Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals. Ellis posted a career .991 fielding percentage, the fifth-best all-time for a second baseman in MLB history at the time of his retirement...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth6 June 1977
CityRapid City, SD
enjoy everybody knew last relaxing year
Last year at this time, I didn't know what would happen. I knew I had to show everybody what I could do. It was a long process. This was a much more relaxing winter. I was able to enjoy myself a lot more.
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I was totally caught off guard. I was very surprised. It's good. He knows everybody on team and everybody is comfortable with him. It's weird how it turned out, but I think everybody's happy. It's good to have Mach.
bat felt good head
It felt good to get the head of the bat on the ball. That whole inning was good.
definitely tough
That was tough today. But we definitely didn't give up. ... We're used to (late-season pressure). Pressure's only what you make of it. It'll be a lot of fun.
biggest downfall pop second twice
That was my biggest downfall as a hitter. I'd pop up to second at least twice a game.
teams
Sure, we had a lot of injuries. But a lot of teams have injuries. We can't use it as an excuse.
ballpark good liked lose ourselves pitchers position three threw tough win
Sure, we'd have liked to win all three. But it's a tough ballpark to play in. They threw three good pitchers at us. We still find ourselves in a good position. You don't want to lose a series. But the position we're in, we're OK.
almost positive surprised
I was almost positive it would be a one-year deal, so I was a little surprised yesterday. I'm happy.
excited feels good looks second spring telling
He's been telling us all spring he feels great. That second at-bat, that's what he's all about. You could tell he was excited . . . and he looks good in our uniform.
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He's definitely not going to walk anybody and he knows what he's doing. It was the same old stuff. He gets you to get yourself out. He's smart out there. He makes you put the ball in play where seven guys are there to pick it up. As a defensive player, you like pitchers like that.
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credit played playing realized wrong
He never faulted us once for not playing hard, and that would have been wrong if he did. We always played hard. We were just terrible. That's a credit to him that he realized that and never faulted us.
close face until
We've got to keep it close until we face the Angels. It's do or die.
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He's had a great year, an incredible year. He looks like one of the best pitchers in the league again.