Felipe Alou
Felipe Alou
Felipe Rojas Alou, is a former Major League Baseball outfielder, first baseman, and manager. He managed the Montreal Exposand the San Francisco Giants. The first Dominican to play regularly in the major leagues, he is the most prominent member of one of the sport's most notable families of the late 20th century: he was the oldest of the trio of baseball-playing brothers that included Matty and Jesús, who were both primarily outfielders, and his son Moisés was also primarily an...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth12 May 1935
last month ran running spring time training waiting year
I'm not waiting on his swing. I take that for granted. The thing is running the bases. He ran better than in spring training and in the last month of last year. At this time last year, he was limping and complaining about the knee. It's much, much better than a year ago, or in spring training.
acquiring waiting
I'm not used to this thing -- acquiring players. So now I'm waiting for more.
answer drama intense
I'll answer it tomorrow. It's been a very intense game. ... All the drama hasn't sunk in yet.
ball bring counting save throwing
I'm counting on him. He understands. He's not throwing the ball well. He better (be ready) because I'm going to bring him in to save the game.
doctors given green hands stick
He's still in the hands of the trainers and doctors. When we're given the green light, we'll stick him in there.
ball games los thrown trying win
He's thrown the ball well in Los Angeles, and we are trying to win games - that's another factor.
bit pitches thrown worried
He's thrown a lot of pitches all year. I'm worried a bit about him, just personally.
several throwing
He's throwing harder. His first several fastballs had a lot of life.
bat starting sting swinging
He's swinging the bat now, no question. He's starting to sting the ball.
guy healthy hope opening three
He's the guy we hope will be the opening-day guy. Two of the three years he's pitched for me, he hasn't been healthy enough to be my opening day guy.
david moves
Howard is impressive. He moves well around the bag. He's a David Ortiz-type man.
I don't know how many homers they hit. Ten, eight, 12?
base good men
He also hasn't been good with men on base lately.
gave shot
He pitched well. He gave us a shot at doing something with the bat, but we didn't do anything.