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.
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When you get hit right on that bone, ... I was afraid of a little fracture.
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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.
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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.
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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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I'd like to see us finish as well as we can. You know, especially against these next two opponents. We'll see what happens.
talk toronto
My talk in Toronto was from the heart, ... It was from the heart.
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But they got a nice savings, also. It's a nice win-win for both.
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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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.
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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.