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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I don't care if Cuba wins or loses every game. I just want to see them play. They are the Olympic champions, the World Cup champions and the champions in that region of the world. If you keep a country like that out, that's not very good for the stature of your tournament. Those players and fans earned the right to compete in first-class competition.
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We had a shot at winning or losing all three games. It was a matter of not being able to deliver a hit here and there.
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We're going to take our time with him. It's really hard to lose Noah, a young guy who was really coming up big. He just signed a long-term contract. He was really charged up and throwing the ball well.
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We spent five months losing series. That's what has us five games back - not the loss tonight.
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It is a like a defeat for everyone that three guys lost their jobs, ... That was never my intent. I'm sorry that happened, but I'm not sorry for what I said. I feel very bad for them, but I didn't start this mess.
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Tomko threw well. It's just that we forgot how to win games at home. If it's 3-2, we're always on the losing side.
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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.
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He's thrown the ball well in Los Angeles, and we are trying to win games - that's another factor.
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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.
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It would've been worse if I was watching the game, but I didn't see any of it.
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It was very hard, but it was easy because when you deal with a man like that, everything is easy. I've been dealing with him since he was 22. He hasn't changed as a person.