Luis Sojo
Luis Sojo
Luis Beltrán Sojo Sojois a former Major League Baseball infielder and right-handed batter...
course thinking
Of course everyone is thinking about Venezuela. We're one of the favorites.
bit five four great hopefully next seven talked took winning
I think he took it personal. We talked a little bit that day. I said listen, 'It's over, come back next year. You've got a long way to go. You've got seven more years here. So, hopefully you end up winning four or five world championships.' We've got a great team. Hopefully, they keep it together.
definitely edge gives wild
It definitely gives you an edge to be the wild card. You feel like you've already been in the playoffs.
discipline requires responsibility team whoever
Whoever is on this team requires a lot of responsibility and discipline.
freddy hard mound san tomorrow work
We have Carlos on the mound tomorrow and Freddy comes next, and we'll have to work hard to get to San Diego.
Unfortunately, we didn't hit. We couldn't come through when we needed.
came needed
We didn't come through when we needed to. But the most important thing is we came out with a win.
guys miss move name winning
It's going to be hard, ... I've been with these guys for 10 years. They've been a winning team, and Mel's been a big part of it. It's going to be tough. That's the name of the game. You're in and you're out. You've got to move on. We're going to miss him, that's for sure.
against balls breaking good job threw
They did a very good job against our hitters. They threw a lot of strikes. When we were behind, they threw a lot of breaking balls and changeups.
game strong
That's one thing in this game, you have to be strong mentally. If you're not strong mentally, you're done.
behind capable delivering hitter quite
You have an accomplished hitter like Moises Alou behind him. He's quite capable of delivering a big hit.
alex boston hitting league led left message minnesota rodriguez talked winter year
We wanted to take 15 pitchers. It was tough. He wasn't the only one. Luis Rodriguez with Minnesota led the league in hitting in winter ball. But we wanted to keep 15 pitchers. I left a message to Alex and I talked to Luis. With Alex, it's his first year with Boston and I know that's important, too. We just didn't have any choice.
We wanted to take 15 pitchers. It was tough.
add extra needed people totally wondered
When it first happened, people wondered why you needed to add an extra team, and they didn't like it. Now it's totally different.