Preston Gomez
Preston Gomez
Preston Gómezwas a Cuban-born infielder, manager, coach and front-office official in Major League Baseball best known for managing three major league clubs: the San Diego Padres, Houston Astrosand Chicago Cubs. He was born Pedro Gómez Martínez in Central Preston, Cuba, and was given his nickname in U.S. professional baseball from his birthplace...
gets lose
They can lose in any sport but baseball. Then, he gets upset.
ahead everybody gene knowing leo terms
I have been around a lot of different personalities ? Walter Alston, Leo Durocher, Tommy Lasorda. I'd put Gene ahead of everybody in terms of knowing the game.
bring cuban longer looks playing series short team teams together whatever
Whatever team they are going to bring they are playing together longer than some of the teams here. It looks to me that the Cuban team may have more cohesion. And they always have pitching. In a short series like that anything can happen.
against anyone baseball finest gene great hours minds people played remember spend talk talking
People only remember Gene because he never won. He's one of the finest baseball minds I've ever been around. When you talk to anyone who played for him, managed against him, they're going to tell you what a great baseball mind he has. You could spend 24 hours talking baseball with him.
ball bat everywhere hands jumps nice rave scouts soft stop talking
Everywhere I go, the scouts all come up to me and rave about this kid, Wood. They say the ball jumps off his bat and he has nice soft hands at shortstop. They can't stop talking about him.