Charlie Manuel
Charlie Manuel
Charles Fuqua Manuel, Jr.is an American senior advisor for the Philadelphia Phillies, and a former professional baseball outfielder, coach and manager in Major League Baseballand Nippon Professional Baseball. During his playing career, he appeared over parts of six MLB seasons for the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers before playing another six seasons in NPB with the Yakult Swallows and Kintetsu Buffaloes. Over four successive seasons in NBP, he hit at least .312 with 37 home runs each season and...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth4 January 1944
CityNorthfolk, WV
That's a tough base on balls. He had confidence is getting his curve over. He missed with it, and that's a big walk.
We just stunk up the joint. We definitely can put this one behind us.
I wish we could fill our ballpark every night. The players would like that, too. But that's just how it is. We've got to keep going. They'll come if we win.
Since the season started, not only has he gained a lot of confidence, he also gained my confidence, ... He's come a long way. He's done a tremendous job for us. I have a lot of confidence in him. At the first of the year, I hadn't seen him a lot, and I didn't know a whole lot about him. But he's definitely gained my confidence in him. He's pitched very good. He's had a hell of a year for us. He's gone a long ways.
I think people would always look back and see those six games,
I think people would always look at those six games (against the Astros), ... I think those would always be there in people?s minds.
I think his velocity was down. I think we kind of figured him out.
I stopped watching that one on the scoreboard. I figured it was over.
I think by him gaining confidence in himself, that gained my confidence in him,
That was long. They got ahead early and took it to us. We stunk up the joint.
Look, Jimmy Rollins is what makes our offense go. Jimmy is what I like to call our catalyst.
If we win tonight, that's big, ... Tonight's big and tomorrow's big. That will keep fan interest up. They want to see if we can win or are we going to disappoint them. It's up to us to show them. You've got to win to get the fans.
He moved up there today. Then again, he's always been on my list.
He's hot. We want to keep him that way.