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
barry forward heard looking nice
I'm looking forward to him being here tomorrow. It was nice to see not-quite-everyone out there. I don't know why Barry isn't here. I heard 'personal matters' like everyone else.
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.
add age bother hear issues
It's not overblown, it's the truth. I have to hear about my age every day, especially when I first got here. That's one of the issues we have here. We have other issues. To add one more isn't going to bother anybody.
age age-and-aging babe hank hear hit home kid mystic people run santa
They used to say when I was a kid, 'Well, he's a Babe Ruth.' Any kid my age who hit a home run they would say 'Wow, he's a Babe Ruth' - in the Dominican. I didn't hear people say 'He's a Hank Aaron.' There's something mystic about the Babe, the name. ... Santa Claus.
bad heard
I heard it's not a big deal. It's not his bad knee. He'll be OK.
anybody believed guess hear maybe people saw
I thought about it when I saw that. Maybe other people will be called. I guess anybody who they believed to know something, they want to hear (those) people talk.
absent healthy heart injuries memories people spring start team
The heart of this team was absent for too many games. It's all memories of injuries and people getting hurt. We'll start healthy in spring training.
guys
In Montreal, we let the young guys pitch,
announcing games saved
I'm not announcing anything, but Timmy saved 38 games for us in 2003.
guys hoping
I know there were a lot of guys that were hoping that this guy wouldn't play.
brian somebody
I know we're going to get somebody else. Brian is a real go-getting guy.
maybe retired roger twice
I know Roger Clemens has retired twice already. Maybe that's the way it's going to be.
bit happy liked
I liked what I saw, and I'm happy what he did. He was a little bit wild.
check days foot home sore trainer
It's still sore and I can even see a little favoring it at home plate. He's hurting. The trainer (Stan Conte) recommends rest, and after those days off they'll check his foot again.