Felipe Alou Quotations | Page 4

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.

Even if we don't win another game, we beat Superman tonight. When they bring him in, everybody knows the game is over.

(Bench coach) Ron Wotus gives me all the pitches each guy has thrown over the last five days, ... We have a form attached to the lineup card. ... There have been some times a guy gets up even two or three times and doesn't get in the game. We don't forget about that.

They're doing it with young guys. And most of them have been there the entire year.

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.