Larry Bowa
Larry Bowa
Lawrence Robert Bowais a former professional baseball shortstop, former manager, and coach in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and New York Mets; managed the San Diego Padres and Phillies, and is currently the Phillies' bench coach...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth6 December 1945
definitely everybody matured thinks
Everybody thinks I'm such a hard-ass. Lemme tell you, if you're a veteran, I'm going to give you your space. In that regard, I've definitely matured a lot.
everybody farm front good kid lose office payroll somebody teams
Let's not kid ourselves, when you have good players, it makes everybody look good -- players, manager, front office. The other thing is depth. That's what big payroll teams have. If they lose somebody, they've got somebody else. They don't go down to their farm system. That's a big difference.
baseball coaching good hands joe manager third thoughts whoever yankees
No, not at all. Whoever replaces Joe Torre has got their hands filled. He's probably been as good a manager as there's ever been in baseball for a long, long time. My thoughts right now are coaching third base for the Yankees in 2006.
thinking unique winning yankees
The Yankees are one of those unique organizations. All I'm thinking about is winning another World Series. That's it.
defensive hard since spring start
They've been working really hard since the start of spring training. They're very into our defensive meetings.
bring decision good great guys himself joe lets people quality since spring surround tough tries
A lot of guys say, 'I'm not going to bring that many guys in that have managed,' but Joe tries to surround himself with good people. I think the people we've got are quality people, and Joe lets us do our thing. Being around Joe since spring training, you can see why he's such a great manager. He relies on his staff. And yet, when there's a tough decision to be made, he makes it.
jason work
A lot of guys, if you say to them, 'Hey, you could work on this or that,' they'll look at you and tell you that you're crazy. Jason isn't like that.
eyes finally great hit hitting laying line pitches time
There was a time he thought he could hit every pitch. He finally started laying off pitches up by his eyes and was hitting a lot of line drives. It was great to see.
easy joe knew until work yankees
I wasn't going to come back until he called me. The Yankees organization is special, it's what you think about as a kid. I also knew Joe would be easy to work for.
came guys knew
I knew I was going to see all you guys when I came over here today.
I like our team, ... I like our team.
buys forward guys heat likes looking meeting takes
I'm looking forward to meeting Mr. Steinbrenner. I know he takes a lot of heat -- they say he buys pennants and that -- but I like guys who like to win, and he likes to win.
lucky
In a lot of ways, we're lucky to be where we are.
stays
If he stays healthy, ... he'll be very, very good. I can see it.