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
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.
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.
thinking unique winning yankees
The Yankees are one of those unique organizations. All I'm thinking about is winning another World Series. That's it.
players sensitive
There's a lot of sensitive players on that team,
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.
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.
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.
eyes finally great hit hitting laying line pitches time
There was a time he thought he could hit every pitch. He finally started laying off pitches up by his eyes and was hitting a lot of line drives. It was great to see.
cheated league series
I feel like I was cheated not being able to make it to the Little League World Series as a kid.
stays
If he stays healthy, ... he'll be very, very good. I can see it.