Larry Bowa
Larry Bowa
Lawrence Robert Bowais a former professional baseball shortstop, former manager, and coach in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and New York Mets; managed the San Diego Padres and Phillies, and is currently the Phillies' bench coach...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth6 December 1945
everybody farm front good kid lose office payroll somebody teams
Let's not kid ourselves, when you have good players, it makes everybody look good -- players, manager, front office. The other thing is depth. That's what big payroll teams have. If they lose somebody, they've got somebody else. They don't go down to their farm system. That's a big difference.
atmosphere baseball chicago decisions east four home maybe people thrown west
I managed in Philadelphia for four years. The whole East Coast, obviously, the atmosphere is a lot different than out West or even in Milwaukee, Chicago or any of those cities. There's going to be times, obviously, where you get some people thrown out at home plate. You're going to make decisions that maybe don't go your way, and that's just the way baseball is.
came definitely good heard kid lazy learn needs seen single wants word
What Robbie needs to learn is to concentrate every single pitch, every single inning. That will come in time. He's a good kid and he wants to learn, that's encouraging. He is definitely not lazy. That's one word I heard used about him when I came here -- lazy -- but I haven't seen it.
extra good hopefully influence joe stay wants
We've been out there, doing some extra work, every other day this spring. He's a good kid; he listens. Joe wants me to stay on him. It's probably something I'll be doing all season. Hopefully I can have a good influence on him.
fault groove season
It's not his fault the season ended. When you get into a groove like that, you don't want the season to stop. You want to keep swinging.
games impressed playoff team
It's one thing to do it when your team is 20 games back. He did it under pressure, in a playoff race. That's what really impressed me.
care coaches envy nice owner winning
It's not envy. It's nice to see an owner care as much about winning as the coaches and players.
coming scares
It was coming right at my head. He scares me. ... I don't know where to go.
against announced attendance follow people playing series spring teams
It's a World Series atmosphere, and it's like this every day. In spring training, we were playing against teams people really don't follow and every place announced a new attendance record.
forget
I told him forget sorry. I'll go down on my back every day for a three-run homer.
defensive hard since spring start
They've been working really hard since the start of spring training. They're very into our defensive meetings.
bring decision good great guys himself joe lets people quality since spring surround tough tries
A lot of guys say, 'I'm not going to bring that many guys in that have managed,' but Joe tries to surround himself with good people. I think the people we've got are quality people, and Joe lets us do our thing. Being around Joe since spring training, you can see why he's such a great manager. He relies on his staff. And yet, when there's a tough decision to be made, he makes it.
jason work
A lot of guys, if you say to them, 'Hey, you could work on this or that,' they'll look at you and tell you that you're crazy. Jason isn't like that.
players sensitive
There's a lot of sensitive players on that team,