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
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Michael Tucker, what a gentleman, what a great person he is in the clubhouse. We're going to miss him. I told him he has a chance to go all the way to the World Series.
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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.
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This guy is only being judged by the home runs now. Right now, he's only capable of hitting home runs. He doesn't steal the bases anymore. He's not the (superb) left fielder anymore. He doesn't have the speed anymore. I believe that when we reach back, we are going to hide all that talent that started when he was a kid. Because there's no question about it, this guy's been great since he was a kid.
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He's a switch-hitter and is chubby like Andres. But he has great moves around third base.
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He didn't have one great pitch, but he got hitters out with intelligence and command.
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He is a great player. He has always been a great player, a complete player, a super player. And I hope he is judged by real baseball people when he is finished, by people who know a baseball player when they see one ... on the basis of true facts and not assumptions.
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He had a great BP today. He's coming along.
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He had a great batting practice today. He hit a bunch of balls into the water.
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That's a great play. I never made a play like that myself in all the years I played.
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I really liked playing in Atlanta. It was great for me.
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We just want to get him ready on defense. To see him play left field now was more important than the home run he hit.
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We were pushing him to get off to a start. He was fresh. Now the effect of playing all those games showed up two days ago.
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I've seen it happen. You think you're going to get better, and you get worse.
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I've seen him pitch a lot. He looks stronger physically from what I've seen and seems to be throwing harder. He's (looking) a lot better.