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...
beer
I didn't think beer could be that sudsy.
beginning gotten pitching since
He's not pitching like a rookie. He's gotten a whole lot better since the beginning of the season.
darn era half home runs season twenty
I'm not going there. Twenty home runs in a half a season in any era is pretty darn good.
base beat bit came caught fair fell field game grass guy happened hard home matter mound runs score truth
The guy (pitcher Jarrod Washburn ) fell ... it's a base hit. They scored it right the first time. We just happened to score two runs and (the Angels) probably complained after the game in their home park, but what's fair is fair. And the truth of the matter is the guy came off the mound hard to field a bunt, his spikes got caught a little bit on the grass and he slid, and C.C. had the play beat once that happened.
winning organization track
Ive gotten a chance to look at their organization and at the same time talk to Chuck and Vince about how they perceive things. Ive come away satisfied that this organization wants to win and get things on track.
team player pitching
A pitching coach is a manager's best friend. He's handling 12 out of the 25 players on the team.
baseball cities careers
I remember when I got a call and was told I was traded [to the Yankees in 1974], I actually cried because I liked Kansas City. But coming to the Yankees was the best thing that ever happened to me in my baseball career.
baseball blue fancy
We didn't do anything fancy. We just played blue-collar baseball.
sports guy great-guy
George [Steinbrenner] is a great guy, unless you have to work for him.
sports statistics bikinis
Statistics are like bikinis-they show a lot but not everything.
uncomfortable comfortable
You have to learn how to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
came everybody though
He came in and thanked everybody for the opportunity, even though he didn't really get that much of an opportunity,