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Marcus Semien

(1990) Baseball Player

100 quotes in 295 categories

Marcus Semien talks about who decides a play in baseball, like the pitcher, catcher, or manager. He mentions a rookie who became a leader right away with strong defense and power. He says he prefers good at‑bats over home runs. He also respects his former club Valencia and never spoke badly about them.

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Marcus Semien is a baseball player.

Quick Facts About Marcus Semien

Born: September 17, 1990
Profession: Baseball Player

About Marcus Semien

American baseball player... | Marcus Andrew Semien is an American professional baseball second baseman and shortstop for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, and Texas Rangers.

Quotes by Marcus Semien

The A's are a reason I wanted to play baseball.

Baseball

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It's always fun when you're swinging a hot bat.

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You just learn so much as the years go on.

Education

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Mentally, you're going to have slumps.

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I think that hitting is contagious.

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I try to lay off those pitches down in the dirt.

Baseball

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I've never played outfield.

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Multihit games anywhere, I'll take them.

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The more innings you play in the big leagues, the better you get.

Baseball

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I will always work extremely hard to help young players.

Football

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I always think about our opponents and what they're doing.

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Eating better gives you more energy to play better, and it also helps you in school, too.

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I think if you are ready to go, you should be ready to go.

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In the Minor Leagues, I pretty much played everyday.

Everyday

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When our power swing's not there, how do we win a ballgame? We gotta find other ways to execute.

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I've always been a guy who wants to be available to play every single game.

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Your whole childhood it's A's and Giants, I want to play for the A's or Giants when I grow up. You just…

Baseball

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Matt Chapman came up as a rookie in 2017 and became a leader immediately and you don't see that every day. His…

Day

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That's always the way I'm going to look at it when I'm in slumps. I'm not going to talk about the negative…

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I like to hit on the field pregame, to learn more about the ballpark we're going to be playing in that night.

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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. There are no presents, but I think it's a gift just to be with everybody.

Gift

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I hit all over the lineup in Oakland and I think that I had my best year hitting leadoff, and that was…

Baseball

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Any time a guy gets hit, it's between the pitcher and the catcher, the manager, whoever. Whoever's decision it was.

Baseball

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Cal's a place that our player alumni - we always want to come back and show the current players what we've learned…

Alumni

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We play the most games in all of sports. All the sports you watch, everybody talks about baseball and 'How do you…

Baseball

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In my opinion, good mechanics build confidence. If you don't have good mechanics, you make a couple of errors. You may not…

Confidence

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As a hitter, you work really hard to feel good and feel strong, to do all the work in the cage. And…

Baseball

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Buddy Bell was a terrific man to deal with and work for. I was a 20-year-old kid coming out of college ball.…

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The bottom line is, there are great players in this game who deserve to earn what they're worth, what their value is.…

Baseball

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If you are facing a guy with a high walk rate, shrink the zone a little bit. If another pitcher has a…

Baseball

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The way you prepare is in batting practice and in the cages and really simulating game situations while you are in BP.…

Batting

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I remember as a kid going to Peoria for the Junior Olympics or something. It was not a major-league stadium with three…

Baseball

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I don't really care for load management.

Care

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It's important to continually learn.

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Toronto has been good to me.

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Nothing happens overnight.

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I'm very proud to be a Bay Area native.

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Nutrition as an athlete is very important.

Athlete

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It's fun to be in playoff contention.

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You've got to earn your hits.

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Marcus Semien by topic

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