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...
couple good great hard spring tremendous worked
He is a great athlete. He has tremendous range. He has a good arm. A couple years ago, Womack worked hard and got better. With (Spivey), it doesn't end with spring training. You keep working all season. That's how you make big improvements.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
close competition tradition
There has always been a tradition of competition between the islands, because they are so close to each other.
came forgotten heritage latin proud received
These are very proud people. They are proud of their heritage and haven't forgotten where they came from. I don't know how it will be received here, but it is something big in Latin America.
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The things that I know from watching him in Milwaukee and Arizona, the thing we're going to work on is to charge harder. He kind of plays deep a little bit. He has tremendous range and a tremendous arm. Sometimes he has to charge the ball more and not lay back.
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I wanted to give him one at-bat, because a lot of people came out to see him. But then I planned to go to Eduardo Perez. It meant a lot to him. He'd had among the fewest at-bats on the team.
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.
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They have a lot of good players that any team in the United States would be happy to add to their rosters.
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It's a good opportunity for me. First of all I'll be managing superstars over there and there will be a lot of exposure.