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
ball couple days far good guy hitting honest impressive past playing
I've been hitting (batting practice) with him the past couple of days and I'll be honest with you. I've been playing for a while and I've been in some good hitters' groups, but this guy is impressive for an 18-year-old. I couldn't hit a ball that far at 18 and I still can't right now at 38.
behind change eighth hitters innings maybe ninth pitchers seems team
We've been outscored in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings maybe 100-2, it seems like. And when we get behind like that, it's tough. The hitters have to change their approach, the pitchers on the other team get to play around up there. I mean, they don't have to go right at you.
bubble cards count gum guys hit none spring training
I told those guys that you really don't see those yet on bubble gum cards on the backs. They count during the season. They can hit 20 or 30 during Spring Training and none of them count.
couple hits last needed
We're getting big hits when we needed them the last couple of days,
behind fantastic grand hit job step
He's done a fantastic job behind the plate, ... But for him to step up there and hit a grand slam, that was big for us.
balance effective hitters
He was just effective enough to keep our hitters off balance all night.
hit looking sooner success
I just go up there looking to see something up in the zone, ... He's around the plate, that's where he has success from. You know you're going to get something to hit sooner than later.
applying law relentless situation totally violated
The situation is totally under control, ... We are going to be relentless in applying the law to all those who have violated the law and the constitution.
game worst
The worst thing is, ... is we're not getting All-Star Game questions.
stepped
They all pitched well. They all stepped up.
ended fear violence
The violence has ended and so has the fear and persecution.
ball baseball bottom direction excited florida league line major manager south stay tells though
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.
downs fortunate game guys opportunity players playoffs reached realize since team ups veteran
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.