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...
good guys trying
I think he's just trying to make our guys confident. It's a good ploy.
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.
good talking
It makes me feel good just talking about him,
baseball direct good last league pitching win
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.
adrenaline ball club doubting frequency good maybe nice outside playing start sudden takes talent win
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.
basically believe good hard inside job lee nice players preaches program staying weight works
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.
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.
bright coming continued core devil fans forward future group next players promising rays talent though
Even though I will not be a part of it next year, Rays fans should look forward to the team's continued success. With this core group of young players and other promising talent coming up through the minors, the future is bright for the Devil Rays.
close couple dad freer needed passed spent time valuable
You always have regrets, but I needed to get close to home. My dad passed away this spring; I spent some valuable time with him. I had a couple of other things that were pressing ... Now, I'm a little freer again.
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.
forget home run
That's what I like to look at. Forget the home run balls. They're going to come because you're strong.
manage
I would like to manage again, but it would have to be the right situation.
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.