Frank Catalanotto
Frank Catalanotto
Frank John Catalanottois a former professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Little Cat", the Long Island native batted left-handed and threw right-handed. In his career, Catalanotto has played all infield and outfield positions except shortstop and center field...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 April 1974
brains pride takes
Keith's a brain. He's smart, and he takes a lot of pride in what he does.
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I think it's the fact that Reed and I both accept our roles. We're comfortable. Obviously, both of us would love to play every day, but we know exactly how it works because we went through it last year.
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We started stretching together later in the game, trying to figure out who we might have to face.
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But it would definitely be a big blow to the team if he is out for the whole season.
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I have spread out my stance just a touch and worked on keeping my hands back just a little further. I think that led to the success I've had the past week. I'm going to write all these things down and hope I can take this into next year.
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I felt like we let him off the hook. To his credit, he settled down.
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He just got a fastball in and I tried to get the bat on it and I was lucky enough to get it up in the air and wrap it around the pole.
hard needed
I'd done the hard part first. I got the big hits, then I know I just needed a single, but it wasn't to be.
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They played some sloppy ball that inning. They helped us out. We just weren't able finish it off.
hit
In my head, I was figuring, 'I thought I hit it better than that,'
figured
I kind of figured something out at the plate,
game
I had no problems. It was encouraging to get back into a game again.
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I'm very proud of myself because I could have just fell flat on myself and let it go. (I could have) said: 'You know what, crappy season and we'll get 'em next year,' but I didn't. I kept my head up, even though there are times I am reminded of what happened. I've been able to use that as motivation.
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I'm excited. I don't know what to expect, but it should be fun. I'm looking forward to playing with the different guys -- guys I've never played with before and some of these Italian guys.