Felipe Alou Quotations

The possibility was open for him to be here during the game. It all depended on something he had to do.

We spent five months losing series. That's what has us five games back - not the loss tonight.

We're going to take our time with him. It's really hard to lose Noah, a young guy who was really coming up big. He just signed a long-term contract. He was really charged up and throwing the ball well.

We know he's out there, We have a guy ( Tyler Walker ) now saving games who has a good relationship with the fans.

With time, we look to him to be a No. 1-type guy. If he's healthy, there's no question he's in the rotation. He won't be overwhelmed by an opening day start at home. That's why it was important for him to get his feet wet last year.

Wow, he was good. The leadership there on the hill, the intensity ... we didn't hit much, but there was a lot of life in this game because of him.

We have no scheduled day off for him tomorrow.

We have no control on what's going to happen. He could be acquired by another team or he could just walk away from us. That would be a setback for us, because we know he is capable of pitching well, and he could end up doing it for someone else.

We'll see where we can hit him that will benefit him the most and the team the most. As far as I'm concerned right now, it's cleanup. That's what we're looking at now but we haven't played one game yet.

We'll see what happens in the next couple of days.

We always have big rallies when they walk him. I hope they don't stop walking him.

We always have big rallies when they walk him, even before Mo was here.

We always have big rallies when they walk (Bonds), even before Mo was here. The only thing is, the guy wants to hit a few home runs.

We want starting pitchers to be able to pitch (in the spring), even if they're going to give up runs. We want to get away from the trap we were in last year with a lot of three- and four-inning starts.

We did not do too much with Zambrano.

The only way we will have those two guys play a lot of games is if we have an individual to pick up the slack,

What I did wasn't just for Latin players. I did this because I want to live in an America where no one regardless of their skin color has to hear that stuff anymore. For too long, I had to listen to that stuff, and it wasn't right and it isn't right now.

The pitch he struck out on was low. Nobody was going to hit that pitch. Some umpires need to learn the strike zone, too.

Lowry threw the ball well in the first inning. But then had problems in the second.

September is not even here yet. Throw some new blood out there. ... Trades help. I don't believe this team is trading the young guys ? it's the opposite now.

September is not even here yet, ... Throw some new blood out there. ... Trades help. I don't believe this team is trading the young guys ? it's the opposite now.

Most teams know Barry didn't play a lot in spring training. They want to find out how he's swinging the bat. The only way to do that is to pitch to him.

No, no, no, I don't want to talk about Bonds. I'll see you later.

Mo's really not getting many pitches to hit. He doesn't have the patience of Barry Bonds .

Mo's really not getting many pitches to hit, ... He doesn't have the patience of Barry Bonds.

No brawl. No fight. Kind of a strange. I never saw anything like that before.

Right now I'm penciling him for cleanup. And that's before we've even played a game.

I guess it's a rule now. We have them, but they're lukewarm and you can't turn them up.

If they did it with Jackie Robinson already, they should do that for the Latin American players. And who's better than Roberto? ... No one is better than him.

If they pitch to him, he's going to swing a good bat. I'd pitch to him if the game doesn't mean anything. ... The fact he told me to leave it the way it is, 'cleanup,' tells me he's ready to compete out there.

I don't have doubts that he'll hit or that they'll walk him. The swing has always been there.

I didn't like what I saw Sunday - he didn't look like he was standing on both feet. The bat is there; the legs are not.

I'd like him to play even if the field isn't 100 percent.

I'd like to use him at second base when Ray is out, as he is often,

I don't care if Cuba wins or loses every game. I just want to see them play. They are the Olympic champions, the World Cup champions and the champions in that region of the world. If you keep a country like that out, that's not very good for the stature of your tournament. Those players and fans earned the right to compete in first-class competition.

I don't care how good an offensive team you have. If he is missing, a lot is missing. ... I know I feel better, and I'm not even in the lineup.

I don't believe it will affect this veteran team. The main guy is Barry and if he does his thing with the bat and is not affected by it, I don't think we'll be.

I do not want to think about it. I will answer that tomorrow. It has been a very intense game.

I believe the way I see him swinging he may not need more than those at-bats. Now playing defense, that's something else. We'll see how it goes. We're not going to rush anything. We have more than a month right now to deal with it.

I believe that the DH rule is going to be in effect, so Bonds will probably just hit. I think it will be good for him to get those at-bats without having to be in the outfield like he did when he came back late last year on that knee and at least sharpen his swing, which really don't need a whole lot to be sharp, but it will be a help for him and to the Giants and to the tournament, to the U.S. team.

I believe the guy has been around long enough to know what he's doing.

Batting third could help him hit .300 for the first time. He's too good a hitter not to have done that.

Barry was supposed to go four at-bats, but we had some long innings at night. I just didn't think one more at-bat or one trip to the outfield was going to do that much. He got a good workout.

Barry played in the outfield during practice today and looked pretty good. Barry is having fun again. He didn't have any fun last year because he was hurt.

Barry needs his at-bats. We've got to get him going.

Barry got two at-bats and saw some pitches. It's not enough, but it's better than nothing.

Barry, besides what he does with the bat, he's a tremendous base-runner. He doesn't have speed, but his sense of reaching a base or taking the extra base is still there. He's a good judge.

I feel even if we don't win another game, we beat Superman in the ninth inning. The kind of pitcher (Hoffman) is, probably the game is over.

I feel that even if we don't win another game, we beat Superman in the ninth. That's something I haven't seen in a long time. Anytime they bring that guy in, everybody knows the game is over.

I found out that it's a lot easier to manage when Barry Bonds is in the lineup every day.

Given the fact that Barry didn't play practically the entire season last year, we'd like to see him here early. But we can't bring a guy here by force before the first of March.

For several reasons, this spring has given a lot of guys opportunities to show what they've got. And they're doing it. It's been a fun thing to watch.

If anything, he threw too many fastballs. He's a ground ball guy. He's still keeping the ball down better than he did last year.

I expect a lot with the bat. What I see in BP is the same BP I've seen before. ... I wonder what's going to happen tomorrow in his at-bat, the reception.

He was a strong pitcher when he left the game. That wasn't a fact last year at this time. It was a very encouraging outing.

He's had a lot of things to work around. He's been trying to get back to the place he was.

I always knew we had a shot, but a long shot.

He was very sharp. He threw the ball hard, the same old Matt Cain. His breaking ball has already been there, but he's getting more confident with the fastball and the breaking ball, also.

He was tired. He did a couple things he hadn't done yet this spring.

He was the king of the mound today. He was a very calm kid out there. Right now he's overpowering people with his fastball. There's going to be a time when he's going to have to go to the other pitches. And he will.

He's contributing big-time to our winning, being on base, prolonging the inning, giving a shot to the guy batting behind him. It happens every year.

He had a pretty decent sinkerball and a good slider ? and good hitting. He can hit, by the way. Some people might besurprised.

He had to do a couple of things he hadn't done all spring -- score from first base, go in the gap.

He hasn't had much to do yet. The ball was hit right at him. There are going to be some tests down the road as he stays longer in games.

He hasn't been a very successful guy, but I like the movement of his fastball. I believe SBC Park will be an excellent place to pitch. He'll gain confidence and be a better pitcher there.

He is his own boss when it comes to that. He has been since I've been here. He knows what he has to do with BP, outfield, running. So far it's worked pretty good for him and for the team.

He is a great player. He has always been a great player, a complete player, a super player. And I hope he is judged by real baseball people when he is finished, by people who know a baseball player when they see one ... on the basis of true facts and not assumptions.

He had a great BP today. He's coming along.

He had a great batting practice today. He hit a bunch of balls into the water.

He gave him a 96 mph fastball. In his last at-bat, it was a 41-year-old playing a day game after a night game. That was an awesome pitch. It was not easy. But Barry knows how to swing like that on a fastball.

He gave me the best at-bat that I have seen this year in his first at-bat. The 11-pitch at-bat right out of the hospital.

He gave me the best at-bat that I have seen this year, ... I'm not just talking about our team. I'm talking about any team. Right out of hospital.

He gave me the best at-bat I've seen this year in the first at-bat. I'm not talking about this team, I'm talking about any team.

He does not have to hit home runs. It is the fact that he will be in the lineup. Not only will the people attending the game be watching but people all over the world will be watching.

He'll probably pinch-hit for anybody in the lineup.

He makes it look so easy, it's almost like a joke.

He made tons of big pitches. It is hard to believe that a guy making his first start would be so sharp. You do not find a guy throwing eight innings on his first start.

He needs to and he feels good enough to do it. I think it was good for him to come back to the team.

He needed a GPS to get close to it.

Whatever the comment was, it was from people who are not spending time in the trenches,

What else does he have to do? Throw a no-hitter at Coors Field?

He reminds me of Jeff Kent -- I saw him in A ball in the Florida State League. Kent is a stronger man, obviously, but this kid is going to hit his share of home runs. He has power, and he's going to be an excellent second baseman. He has more range than Kent.

Here, it is not a developing situation. Not yet. If a guy gives up five or six runs in two innings, I'm taking him out. I don't care who the guy is.

He's a fiery type. When we had him in the minor leagues in Montreal, he was in competition with everybody, the umpires, the opposing teams. He reduced that a lot. I like Milton. Too bad we still have to face him.

He's a very good defensive shortstop. He's always been known as a guy who can really play defense. In spring training, he started showing he's really coming around as a hitter.

He's a tough kid. We're staying with him.

He seemed to be healthier today, his legs and everything. He said he needed work and threw 52 pitches.

He should be alright by the weekend. They looked and they didn't find anything of concern. It just stiffened up.

He's a switch-hitter and is chubby like Andres. But he has great moves around third base.

He's a super hitter, but we play in the National League. You've got to practice out in the field, too. I know he's not going to have any problems hitting the baseball. He never did. It's the other parts of the game, after not doing it since October of last year.

He's a veteran guy, get his bat in the lineup.

He's going to be a late-inning pitcher, a closer-type guy. He's been throwing the ball hard and improving his breaking ball.

He's fine. I took him out in hope that he'll be OK tomorrow. It was cold out here.

He was OK. Not his real good outing. Nevertheless, he kept us in the game even with the early runs.

He was one of those five-tool guys. He could throw and run and hit with power, everything. He was green, 20 years old, a big kid. He made some mistakes. But we knew he was going to be a tremendous player, an MVP-type of guy.

He was really tired. I don't expect him to play. Also, this outfield, you see young guys slipping and falling on the grass. I believe, all things considered, No. 25 won't see any action tomorrow.

He's pitching as well as he did three years ago, maybe better.

He wants to play. He always wants to play. As long as he feels healthy enough to do that.

He didn't have one great pitch, but he got hitters out with intelligence and command.

He can really pitch. This is a guy who two years ago bounced a lot of fastballs that fell short of the target. He has worked hard. ... Today, he is right there striking out people, stopping rallies, fielding his position, getting base hits and challenging hitters.