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
good-man
Any time you put Matheny in, that's good managing.
reality games guy
I was afraid of last place, ... There were a lot of fears. Below .500 - I never thought I'd see that here. Then, losing 100 games seemed like a possibility, then 90 games. All of those things could have been a reality here. The grave seemed like a reality here, but the guys didn't let it happen.
team league gathering
No big league team is having a gathering like this 2 days before the season
rocks done firsts
Those who feel they are clean, go ahead and throw the first rock. If you're clean, if you have not done anything wrong or been accused of anything wrong, go ahead and start the show.
believe lefty mentality nasty next pitch
I believe he'll pitch very well for us next summer. There are similarities with Eyre -- that same lefty mentality with a nasty slider.
believe impressive
I believe so. I don't need to see anything else. He's a pretty impressive young man.
believe complete couple fastball five good past pitch stuff throw
I believe Schmitty has really, really become a complete pitcher. He can pitch when he has real good stuff or what he had (Saturday). ... He still got a couple of punch-outs (six over five innings). That should tell him that he doesn't need to throw his fastball past everybody.
believe complete good pitch stuff
I believe Schmitty has really become a complete pitcher. He can pitch with really good stuff or what he had yesterday, control.
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.
barry
I don't see Barry there. What is that? It's pretty good.
attached broke hank happening hate letters played record security stuff yelling
I don't worry. But I know it's there. I played with Hank Aaron. There was no security attached to Hank and the Braves. I wasn't there when he broke the record but I was there when he was approaching and stuff started happening - hate letters and yelling - and there wasn't speculation about him.
good hard spring start timing
He's not getting many chances. His timing may be off. It's hard to get off to a good start when you're not being pitched to, not even in spring training.
confident found guys hard pressed surrounded
He's more confident now, ... He's not a hard thrower, and he was surrounded by hard-throwing guys in the minors. I think he probably pressed a little bit, but he's found a place as a sinkerball-slider-changeup guy.