Lou Piniella
Lou Piniella
Louis Victor Piniellais a former professional baseball player and manager. An outfielder in the major leagues, he played five seasons with the Kansas City Royals and eleven seasons with the New York Yankees, then led five teams as manager. Piniella was nicknamed "Sweet Lou", both for his swing as a major league hitter and, facetiously, to describe his demeanor as a player and manager. He finished his managerial career ranked 14th all-time on the list of managerial wins...
talk toronto
My talk in Toronto was from the heart, ... It was from the heart.
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Look, there are a lot of people who care about him and work with him, ... He has to be careful how he responds to the media. Basically you have to be careful. ... He wants to do well. He gets a little bewildered.
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We need a real potent bat in the lineup, we need starting pitching, we need some late-inning bullpen help and then we need to beef up our bench.
beat came home wears
Let me tell you what -- I came here because I thought it could be done, ... I didn't come here just to be home. Being home and getting beat wears off pretty quick.
I'm a little nervous, ... I haven't done this in a while.
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I have a little experience, but not much, ... I forgot everything from 1989. They told me just to be myself, and to forget about the statistics all that much, and talk about the game. Basically, I'm a manager in the booth.
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What's a three-letter word for a popular TV crime show?
against cleveland double good knew playing team win
We knew Cleveland would come back at us. What a big double play at the end. This is a good win against a team that's really been playing great.
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Twenty home runs in a half season is pretty darn good.
afraid hit
When you get hit right on that bone, ... I was afraid of a little fracture.
lose paying questions
You are paying those late-inning specialists a lot of money, and if you don't use them and lose the game, you have a lot of questions to answer.
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It's not easy, but it's the right thing, ... I wouldn't deviate from my decision. I'm perfectly content with it. Now I'll relax, play some golf and fish and do the things I want to do, and evaluate opportunities if they come and when they come.
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Everybody has contributed in a way. We have nice numbers and nice representation throughout the lineup. That's the reason it works for us.
again next team week
That's one of the things I don't like in the schedule. You play a team one week and again the next week. They need to find some separation.