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
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.
taking teach
I'm going to teach Robbie that when he's done taking 25 grounders, we're not done. There's 25 more. There's always going to be 25 more.
american-coach baseball coach four shut three
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.