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...
pitches pitching winning
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.
captain chosen danny easily ended favorites great players taking
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.
days hard played
Really, it's like two days off with the day off (today). He has played hard this season; played a lot of games.
definitive hoping wish
I wish I had a definitive answer. I'm hoping it continues.
fun takes
I was tired; it takes a lot of concentration, ... But overall, I had some fun with it.
basically happens hoping regrets rest somebody
I was hoping that we could do basically what we did over in Seattle. It didn't happen, but it's on the right path. Somebody else can take over and take it the rest of the way. I've got no regrets about what happens now.
good job nice prepared worked
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.
bother humble instead kick next putting sudden win
It doesn't bother me, but I get a kick out of it, because now, you're putting expectations on yourself for no reason, ... Just go out there and play, and play hard, have fun, win a ballgame, be humble about it and go out and try to do it the next day again, instead of having that bravado. All of a sudden you've got to back up bravado. You don't have to back up humility.
good guys trying
I think he's just trying to make our guys confident. It's a good ploy.
curtail fan field happening hate playing type
I think it will probably curtail that type of thing from happening at other ballparks. It'll keep the playing field safer, which is a concern. You hate to see a fan penalized, but what are you going to do?
muscles runs yankees
Well, the Yankees flexed their muscles today. Put 10 runs up in the first two innings, and that was that. Only one game; still have two to go.
manage
I would like to manage again, but it would have to be the right situation.
club evident half moving season second
It is evident by the team's play in the second half of the season that this club is moving in the right direction,
middle ring throw
I said, 'let's get in the middle of the ring and throw some right hooks,'