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
played
Right now I'm penciling him for cleanup. And that's before we've even played a game.
ball problems threw
Lowry threw the ball well in the first inning. But then had problems in the second.
believe blood guys opposite september team throw trades trading
September is not even here yet. Throw some new blood out there. ... Trades help. I don't believe this team is trading the young guys ? it's the opposite now.
believe blood guys opposite september team throw trades trading
September is not even here yet, ... Throw some new blood out there. ... Trades help. I don't believe this team is trading the young guys ? it's the opposite now.
barry pitch spring swinging teams
Most teams know Barry didn't play a lot in spring training. They want to find out how he's swinging the bat. The only way to do that is to pitch to him.
beat game ninth pitcher superman win
I feel even if we don't win another game, we beat Superman in the ninth inning. The kind of pitcher (Hoffman) is, probably the game is over.
anytime beat bring everybody game guy knows seen superman win
I feel that even if we don't win another game, we beat Superman in the ninth. That's something I haven't seen in a long time. Anytime they bring that guy in, everybody knows the game is over.
america color hear latin listen regardless skin stuff
What I did wasn't just for Latin players. I did this because I want to live in an America where no one regardless of their skin color has to hear that stuff anymore. For too long, I had to listen to that stuff, and it wasn't right and it isn't right now.
hit learn nobody pitch strike struck umpires
The pitch he struck out on was low. Nobody was going to hit that pitch. Some umpires need to learn the strike zone, too.
saw
No brawl. No fight. Kind of a strange. I never saw anything like that before.
baseball explain five hit hope judged people saw stopped testing
What is their proof? ... Are they testing players, too? How do you explain that? Or have they stopped testing now? We just saw him hit five in 30 at-bats. So what's going on now? I hope that he's judged by the real baseball people when he's finished.
club coming needed plans
We didn't have plans for him to do that. Not only that, he had to do that coming back from injuries. He had to do it because the club needed him.
age age-and-aging guy stature
There was a lot of intensity. I didn't think a guy of that age or stature could do that. The guy's a pro.
excited gives great guys teammates watching
It's a big difference. It gives me a lot of confidence. The guys feel great about having him back. The new guys are excited about being his teammates and watching him hit.