Luis Gonzalez
Luis Gonzalez
Luis Emilio Gonzalez, nicknamed "Gonzo", is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Gonzalez spent his best years with the Arizona Diamondbacks and was one of the most popular players in that organization's history. He delivered the game-winning hit in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series off Mariano Rivera to give the Diamondbacks their first and only World Series championship to date...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth3 September 1967
CityTampa, FL
couple hits last needed
We're getting big hits when we needed them the last couple of days,
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I think since we are a veteran team we realize that so many players play this game and go through so many ups and downs that a lot of the guys don't ever get the opportunity to play in the playoffs or a World Series. So I feel very fortunate to have reached this accomplishment.
behind definitely good hard hopefully initiative jumping playing run san seem team winning
It definitely doesn't seem like there's one team really jumping out there to take the initiative to run away with this thing, which is good for us because we're behind San Diego. So we're just going to go out there and keep playing hard and hopefully we can get on one of those winning streaks that we haven't had all year.
logic trying
I'm still trying to find some logic to it all.
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I'm still in awe about it. I look at the list and see the names on it. I have all the respect in the world for all the former major league players. Nowadays I think the art of the double is kind of gone, because everybody counts on the home run. But for me it's an exclusive club I can be a part of.
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I'm sure a lot of people were thinking that I couldn't play every day in one position. But here I have the chance, and I feel comfortable.
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I'm here to compare his game to mine -- we're both lefties. I'm just going to hang out and watch him go about his business today.
against best dominating jason league pitchers
Jason Schmidt just has our number. He's one of the best pitchers in the league and he's just dominating against us.
huge ken played team wore
I was an outfielder, and I was a huge Ken Griffey Jr. fan. In Little League, the team I played for was the Mariners, and I wore No. 24.
carry emotions help
The fans' emotions will help carry them through the layoff.
whatever
They can do whatever they want. I haven't done anything wrong.
batting gonna ground practice ready sore
It's sore a little bit, but I'm gonna do everything today. Batting practice, ground balls. I'm ready to go.
behind plays score win zero
We all didn't play well today. We didn't make plays behind him when we had to and we didn't get hits. We didn't score runs. You can't win with zero runs.
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Even though everything tells you they are not going to do well because of the team, we're very excited about the direction they're going in, with the manager and the ball team. We had some hesitation, but when we did our research, we feel the Marlins are here to stay in South Florida ... The bottom line is they're still a Major League Baseball team. There's only 30 of them.