Felipe Alou
Felipe Alou
Felipe Rojas Alou, is a former Major League Baseball outfielder, first baseman, and manager. He managed the Montreal Exposand the San Francisco Giants. The first Dominican to play regularly in the major leagues, he is the most prominent member of one of the sport's most notable families of the late 20th century: he was the oldest of the trio of baseball-playing brothers that included Matty and Jesús, who were both primarily outfielders, and his son Moisés was also primarily an...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth12 May 1935
great liked playing
I really liked playing in Atlanta. It was great for me.
barry patience pitches
Mo's really not getting many pitches to hit, ... He doesn't have the patience of Barry Bonds.
maybe retired roger twice
I know Roger Clemens has retired twice already. Maybe that's the way it's going to be.
age age-and-aging babe hank hear hit home kid mystic people run santa
They used to say when I was a kid, 'Well, he's a Babe Ruth.' Any kid my age who hit a home run they would say 'Wow, he's a Babe Ruth' - in the Dominican. I didn't hear people say 'He's a Hank Aaron.' There's something mystic about the Babe, the name. ... Santa Claus.
guys hurricane middle obvious
It was obvious we were stalling like a hurricane in the middle of the ocean, ... not going anywhere, so why not give the young guys a shot?
barry bonds fun loose since spring whatever
They are having more fun than any spring since I've been here, and that's important. It's loose around here, for whatever reason. Even Barry Bonds is having fun.
compare fastball guy hank hit quick
I see a guy with a quick bat. I don't see the end here. I compare the guy with Hank Aaron, who could hit a fastball to the end.
closer couple hard misses ready
It's really hard to get a closer ready if he misses a couple of outings.
inside man overlooked people throw
People overlooked him because he doesn't throw hard. They didn't know the kind of man that was inside that body. They know now.
base ray second
I'd like to use him at second base when Ray is out, as he is often,
trying work
He's had a lot of things to work around. He's been trying to get back to the place he was.
ball breaking hard improving throwing
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.
along four runs three trouble
That's always been the thing about him. He'd go along fine, and then he'd get into trouble and give up three or four runs and not get out of it.
breaking days guys power seen tom
I have to say I haven't seen very many guys like that. At 20, that delivery, that breaking ball, that power and that changeup, you have to go back to the days of Tom Seaver.