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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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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Nobody said it was going to be easy. But you can lose one game in the second round and still advance.
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This will be a game watched by every Dominican soul, the 8 million we have on the island and all the others spread around the world.
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Daniel deserves all the credit. We had several scoring opportunities to break the game open. We didn't do it but our pitching staff came through.
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I would start spring training a week earlier so the players would get five or six exhibition games in before starting.
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I had a blast. It was very intense and every game was a must-win game. I would do it again if asked and almost every player I have talked to from different nations would come back again. It was terrific chemistry and I'm thankful I got the opportunity.
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The crowd did help us. We have a big Dominican community here. But I think the game was so good, the players weren't even paying attention to the fans. They were focused on the game.
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The good thing is that in every game we had a different hero, so different people contributed to those different wins. I hope that Alfonso Soriano and Miguel Tejada wake up for the next round and they contribute more.
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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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They always say the most important pitch in baseball is Strike 1. It's even more important now.
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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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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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We really went at it hard like professionals. They deserve the credit. I'd rather give them credit than make excuses.
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We have big stars in our country, and it's tough to trim our roster. There are lots of expectations around our club. I think we're going to fulfill them.