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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I think our pitching was great. Actually things kind of flip-flopped a little bit. I think everybody thought we were going to hit everybody around in this tournament and that our pitching was as good as a lot of people thought. Our pitching did a very good job, and we just fell short. It wasn't lack of pitching at all.
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Just because he's tied for the league lead, that doesn't mean you can't run on him. So what are you going to do? He made a good throw. You gave to give credit to him.
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I believe this is the biggest recognition I'm going to get for the rest of my life in my country. Coming from a country with so many good players and so many coaches and being chosen to do this, nothing will match this.
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It's a short tournament and we have to stay humble about it. It's baseball and anything can happen. We feel very good about the group we got here. We actually have the group we wanted and they seem to have the special love to play for their country.
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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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I think it's going to be a terrific atmosphere. The four teams here are going to have good baseball.
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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 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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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.