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...
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It makes me feel good just talking about him,
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It's down to a playoff situation. The first round of the playoffs start tonight for every team -- first round of the playoffs.
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When I came here three years ago, we were talking about a situation where we wanted to win now, and we were interested in winning now,
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Uh, look. When you're last in the league in pitching and last in the league in errors, that's not a good combination to win baseball games. We're last in the league in walks. There's a direct correlation between those things.
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When you win with the frequency that they did, you're playing with a lot of confidence. That adrenaline takes you a pretty good ways. All of a sudden you start losing, and maybe you start doubting yourself a little bit. Outside of that, it's a nice ball club with some nice talent over there.
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A lot of his starts mirror each other pretty close. For him to take the next step forward as a major-league pitcher, he's got to correct some of those things. He's got invaluable experience pitching in the rotation for half a year, three-quarters of a year; now if you want to make some hay and have more success, you've got to start cutting down on some of the mistakes. He's capable of it. It's going to be up to him.
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That's going to be an interesting decision for the organization.
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I said, 'let's get in the middle of the ring and throw some right hooks,'
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He's a lot responsible for the way we've played. To me, he's pitching with a lot more confidence. You can see it out there. But that's what winning does for you. You get aggressive, you make better pitches and you make better choices.
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He's been one of my favorites I've ever managed, ... He could very easily have been captain of the team. If I had chosen a captain, with all the great players we had, I think Danny would have ended up taking that position.
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Really, it's like two days off with the day off (today). He has played hard this season; played a lot of games.
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He works hard with these guys. He's got a program for most of these kids. Lee basically preaches staying inside of the ball, a little weight shift, and right-center, left-center, which is a good way to teach. The players believe in him. He's done a really nice job with our hitters.
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He did a really nice job in our two years together. He was very well prepared and worked hard. He did a good job with our young pitchers.
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I'm free, but it doesn't mean that I have anything in mind or I'm looking for a job. I'll entertain, but I'm not talking about the Yankees' job, but in general. I'm prepared to sit out and play some golf and catch up on my leisure time. I'm unemployed.