Manny Acta
Manny Acta
Manuel Elias Actais a former professional baseball manager who is currently the third base coach for the Seattle Mariners, and formerly a broadcast analyst for ESPN and ESPN Deportes. He has served as manager for the Washington Nationals and the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. In the Dominican Winter League, he managed the Tigres del Licey from 2003–2005, including leading them to victory at the 2004 Caribbean Series. Acta managed the Dominican Republic team at the 2006 World Baseball...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth11 January 1969
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This park brings back good and bad memories. We fell short, but it was good to make it here. Our expectations were very high because of the team we had, but I also understood that in baseball you never know because it's a very short tournament and anything can happen. I still think when you look at the size of the country where we come from and the number of players we have, we have the best athletes.
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If you're looking for the best players at this time, you can be sure to find them on the Dominican team.
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We made the decision it's the best thing for us. He's dying because he wanted to participate so bad, but unfortunately he won't be able to do it.
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I am worried about the health of our best starters, but they have the desire to play and that makes me happy.
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I'm very happy with the performance of the guys here. And everybody had a chance to play.
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It took me by surprise that a team with such tradition as the Dodgers would consider me. I'm going with an open mind as if the job was mine. The Dodgers are equal to baseball, so I feel proud to be considered to be their manager.
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We will using the line up that you saw out there today. It's not time to make big changes. That line up won the last to games for us.
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We felt relieved. These guys are professional. They've been playing in the big leagues for years and they're used to ups and downs.
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We're the ones who are supposed to hit everybody around, but Venezuela didn't let us do that. We showed our hearts, and we are very happy to be in the finals.
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You have to give all the credit to their pitching, which held our offense to only one run. They just flat-out outplayed us.
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Everybody who had the desire to play prepared themselves for this tournament. Our guys saw enough pitches. They had enough at-bats. No excuses.
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There's still a lot of baseball left in Sosa, he's only had one bad year and has a lot to offer the Dominican team.
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They always say the most important pitch in baseball is Strike 1. It's even more important now.
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(The WBC) is going to be every four years, but I don't know if in four years we'll be able to put together a team like we have right now. This is a pretty special group.