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
fun given guys several spring
For several reasons, this spring has given a lot of guys opportunities to show what they've got. And they're doing it. It's been a fun thing to watch.
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.
barry bonds fun loose since spring whatever
They are having more fun than any spring since I've been here, and that's important. It's loose around here, for whatever reason. Even Barry Bonds is having fun.
bats hit home runs saw spring training watch
I saw him hit 10 home runs in 40 at bats one spring training. If he's in spring training mode, watch out.
balls hit run saw spring
I saw balls that were hit where he had to run and stop. I didn't see much favoring in the knee. He's so much better than he was in spring training. That was a real workout.
coming defensive good guy known showing spring
He's a very good defensive shortstop. He's always been known as a guy who can really play defense. In spring training, he started showing he's really coming around as a hitter.
couple score spring
He had to do a couple of things he hadn't done all spring -- score from first base, go in the gap.
last month ran running spring time training waiting year
I'm not waiting on his swing. I take that for granted. The thing is running the bases. He ran better than in spring training and in the last month of last year. At this time last year, he was limping and complaining about the knee. It's much, much better than a year ago, or in spring training.
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.
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.
field home left ready run
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.
days effect games playing pushing
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.
seen
I've seen it happen. You think you're going to get better, and you get worse.
looks physically pitch seems seen stronger throwing
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.