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
decision good himself joe surround tough tries
Joe tries to surround himself with good people. He relies on his staff. And yet, when there's a tough decision to be made, he makes it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I coach by the scoreboard, ... If we are up or tied, I am going to be aggressive. If we are down three or four runs, I will shut it down.
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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.
terrible
That was a terrible call. A terrible call,
lucky
In a lot of ways, we're lucky to be where we are.
cheated league series
I feel like I was cheated not being able to make it to the Little League World Series as a kid.
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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.
coming scares
It was coming right at my head. He scares me. ... I don't know where to go.
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.
players sensitive
There's a lot of sensitive players on that team,
stays
If he stays healthy, ... he'll be very, very good. I can see it.