Mark Ellis Quotes (38 Quotes)

It's pretty amazing. This stretch is comparable to when we won 20 in a row (in 2002). It's just a great bunch of guys in this clubhouse who really like playing together. There's such good chemistry, and that's probably part of the reason we've been able to turn it around.

I can't understand why Westbrook's record isn't better. He has great stuff. His sinker is tough to get a swing on, and he had more bite on his curveball today.

You never quit playing. But he's been around a long time, and he knows how to pitch with a lead.

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He's very valuable. When I got hurt he stepped in and did a great job. Last year when Bobby got hurt he did a great job. You have to have guys like that on the team.

I try to figure this team out, and if I could, I'd be a genius. We're all swinging the bats well at the same time, or we're all not swinging the bats well at the same time.

I was almost positive it would be a one-year deal, so I was a little surprised yesterday. I'm happy.

With all we've been through this year, there's no way we're going to give up. Until they say we're done, we're going to keep coming out to try to make it interesting.

Huge. Playing here is like playing in Texas you never have enough runs. I don't know how many times I've seen the Red Sox score a bunch of runs in the eighth or ninth inning to win games here. You just can't give them any breathing room.

I don't want to put a number on it, but being within two games or less of the Angels would be ideal. We know people will show up next week against Anaheim.

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.

I felt really good. I saw the ball well. Sometimes you just walk in there and see the ball well.

I love the top of the order. You're pretty much guaranteed four at-bats. The more times you can come up, the better. At the same time, just being out there every day is the main thing. We have a lot of interchangeable parts. There's no holes in the lineup. Wherever they put me is fine.

That's always been one of the problems with our team. We haven't had a lot of depth. This is the first time since I've been here that we've actually had depth on our team. It's a credit to our management and it also says that we're ready to win. We want to win now and we want to go deep in the playoffs.

I don't think they had huge expectations for me coming into the season, ... That's all right because I had a serious injury and this is a major league team. They have to put somebody out there who's going to perform. I was pretty motivated anyway. I was definitely motivated to come out and have a nice year.

Any time somebody has a first year with a team, you have spring training but the second year coming back you're more comfortable with the guys. We didn't have a ton of turnover. We have some new guys but we pretty much have the same guys as last year.

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He's amazing out there, and not just because he throws guys out. Before he got here, there were a lot of fly balls that, when they went over my head, I'd think they should be caught and they weren't. That doesn't happen anymore. Mark gets to everything .

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When you put in a lot of hard work, you hope to see results, and right now it's satisfying.

We were very aggressive early in the game. Schilling likes to get ahead with his fastball, and we got some good pitches to hit. I thought we had a nice approach with him.

It felt good to get the head of the bat on the ball. That whole inning was good.

If you don't make adjustments against Kenny, he'll keep doing the same thing to you. We've seen him enough that we should be able to make those adjustments, but sometimes it's tough the first time you see a guy each year.

If I could figure out this team, I'd be a genius. We're all either swinging the bat well at the same time, or not.

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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.

Last year I had to prove a lot, and I feel like I was able to do that. Having this deal shows the organization has a lot of confidence in me. I appreciate that.

If I could figure this team out, I would be a genius. We're all either swinging it well at the same time or we're all not. Hopefully, we'll stay like this for a while. It doesn't matter who is pitching. You could have Cy Young out there or the worst guy in the league, it doesn't matter.

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.

This year, all I need to do is prepare for the season. I'm ready to play baseball.

It's the same exact approach I've been doing all year. It's been crunch time for a while now. You go to every stadium in the big leagues and you're going to see scores. You can't help but see the scoreboard. We worry about ourselves.

I'm more of a consensus builder who can find common ground with other senators. I believe that Dan would be isolated and marginalized, which means that all the constituents of District 7 would be isolated and marginalized as well.

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.

He's done a nice job. I'm not sure what he wants to do, that's one of the key things, but the last three years, look at our record.

We haven't been able to play together a lot yet. Hopefully we'll be out there for a lot of games. You can do all you want during batting practice but you have to get out there in game situations. We need to start playing together.

Even as a young guy, he takes control. That's his infield out there, and that's the way it should be.

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.

You look at Frank's numbers and he's amazing. He's already a presence around here. You couldn't be a baseball fan in the '90s and not follow Frank Thomas. He's as good as there was in the game.