Gary Gaetti
Gary Gaetti
Gary Joseph Gaetti, nicknamed "G-Man", "Rat", or "Zorn", is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins, California Angels, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubsand Boston Red Sox...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth19 August 1958
CityCentralia, IL
bases came great guy hit knack pitch second threw
He has a knack of making a really big pitch at the right time. He had the bases loaded, came up and threw a curveball -- it wasn't a great curveball -- and got the guy to hit it to second base hard.
bases came great guy hit knack pitch second threw
He has a knack of making a really big pitch at the right time, ... He had the bases loaded, came up and threw a curveball -- it wasn't a great curveball -- and got the guy to hit it to second base hard.
causing either head moving seeing wrong
Either you're not seeing it out of the pitcher's hand, or you're moving your head when you're swinging. You're doing something mechanically wrong that's causing you to do that.
encourage feels knows maybe open until wants
Only he really knows how he feels at the plate. Until he wants to really open up to me and wants to maybe go to a different place, there's not a whole lot I can do. I can just encourage him.
maybe walked
Maybe a 'good morning' when he walked by once.
best certain exactly good happened late mention team
There are times when you mention certain things that happened from your experience, but you just don't go out and say blah, blah, blah, this is how it is, ... I've told them that we were not very good on the road, and we were very good at home, especially late in ballgames. We weren't the best team in baseball. We weren't the best team in the American League, but we got into the tournament, and we got hot. That's exactly what this team has done here.
crushed feeling knows nobody town
I think everybody's feeling better today. But there's still a feeling of your town is getting crushed and nobody knows what's going on.
dogs guys kids named people special streets
People named their dogs and their kids Kirby. You name streets after guys like that, and they did that, he's just a special guy.
extremely indoor moments series similar
That was the first World Series in an indoor stadium, so it was kind of a novelty. It was extremely loud. We've had very, very similar moments here where you can actually feel it on your body.
fathom knowing orleans parts scope
I can't fathom the destruction. It's the scope of the loss. It's knowing how long it's going to take to get things back to normal. There are parts of New Orleans that will never be the same.
help infectious
I can't help think about the guy's smile. He had an infectious personality. That's what I'll remember.
power serious talking
He's got some serious power. I'm talking big power.
good guys smile smiles
His smile was just infectious, and that's how he played, too. He was one of those guys that it was always good to see him.
easy everybody fun great infectious kids loved player remember
He was everybody's everybody. It's easy to say what a great player he was. What I remember most was his infectious smile. He was fun to be around. My kids loved him. Everybody loved him.