Jose Oquendo
Jose Oquendo
José Manuel Roberto Guillermo Oquendo Contrerasis a former Major League Baseball infielder and a third base coach for the St. Louis Cardinals currently on medical leave of absence . He is the longest tenured third base coach in Major League Baseball. He also served as manager of the team representing Puerto Rico in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic...
behind good guys job pitchers work
They were pretty solid. The pitchers got their work in, and the guys did a good job behind them.
fast high pitching strike
Vazquez was working too fast and he was pitching a little too high in the strike zone.
run runs
We'll be aggressive. The more runs you score, the better. Every run counts.
competing expected good guy regular took
That's the only one that took me by surprise. We all expected him to be there. He's a regular in Cincinnati. He's not competing for a job. But you can't say anything. This is voluntary. A guy has a right to say no. But he would have been good to have on the team.
feels hitting hope work
We hope he can do something tomorrow. We'll see how he feels after he does some hitting work in practice.
careful expect experience knows leave says unless wants
I'm going to be careful with him. He's probably going to be in the lineup, unless he says otherwise. He's probably going to be a DH for us, unless he comes out and says he wants to play first base. I'll leave this up to him. He has experience enough that he knows how much he can play. I expect him to play.
guy miss replace somebody strong
That's a strong position. If we miss one guy (such as Posada), we'll have somebody who can replace him.
introduce soon
As soon as they get together, that's the first thing. We're going to introduce them, and we're going to introduce them around the bag.
ask beating canada puerto sure
Be sure to ask him about Puerto Rico beating Canada.
clutch hit pitch proven tough
Bernie, he's a clutch hitter. That's the way he plays. He's proven it through the years. He hit a tough pitch back the middle. He's professional who makes clutch hits. He's always done it.
close competition tradition
There has always been a tradition of competition between the islands, because they are so close to each other.
ahead great job throw
They know how to throw strikes. And I want them to throw strikes. That's what I've been emphasizing. And they did a great job getting ahead of the hitters.
add good happy players states team united united-states
They have a lot of good players that any team in the United States would be happy to add to their rosters.
bragging fans fun rights rivalry talk together treat
There's a lot of rivalry between islands. When we get together in the States, we all talk about bragging rights and we have fun with it. The fans are going to treat it like a fight.