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
baseball pitch strike
They always say the most important pitch in baseball is Strike 1. It's even more important now.
everybody fell good hit lack people pitching tournament
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.
fantastic guys happy hitters pitchers playing second
It's over, the second round, we went through it, and I feel fantastic because most of the guys now are in playing shape. The pitchers have been able to go out there more than once, and the hitters had enough at-bats, so I'm happy for the guys.
break came daniel deserves game pitching scoring several staff
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.
delayed injury join later met pitch ready talk team
It's a shame, but Pedro won't pitch in the Classic. I met with Pedro to talk about this; he did everything he could, and he was ready to join the team later in the competition, but his injury delayed his preparations.
appreciate blood full pitches
It was full of blood. He only had about 10 more pitches before he was done, so we made the change. We appreciate his effort.
pitch spring
He'll probably pitch as much as he would if he was in Spring Training.
games last line saw time using won
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.
felt guys leagues playing ups
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.
bad baseball left offer year
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.
desire everybody guys prepared saw themselves
Everybody who had the desire to play prepared themselves for this tournament. Our guys saw enough pitches. They had enough at-bats. No excuses.
credit deserve hard rather
We really went at it hard like professionals. They deserve the credit. I'd rather give them credit than make excuses.
fulfill lots stars tough trim
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.
basically beat caribbean fans involved players spanish speak took whether whoever
Most of the players here were not involved in the Caribbean Series. That was something that basically the fans were the ones that were really involved in that, took it personal. We were going to try to beat whoever we faced, whether they speak English, Spanish or Italian.