Lou Piniella Good Quotations

Uh, look. When you're last in the league in pitching and last in the league in errors, that's not a good combination to win baseball games. We're last in the league in walks. There's a direct correlation between those things.

He works hard with these guys. He's got a program for most of these kids. Lee basically preaches staying inside of the ball, a little weight shift, and right-center, left-center, which is a good way to teach. The players believe in him. He's done a really nice job with our hitters.

He did a really nice job in our two years together. He was very well prepared and worked hard. He did a good job with our young pitchers.

I think he's just trying to make our guys confident. It's a good ploy.

When you win with the frequency that they did, you're playing with a lot of confidence. That adrenaline takes you a pretty good ways. All of a sudden you start losing, and maybe you start doubting yourself a little bit. Outside of that, it's a nice ball club with some nice talent over there.

We knew Cleveland would come back at us. What a big double play at the end. This is a good win against a team that's really been playing great.

It makes me feel good just talking about him,