Luis Castillo
Luis Castillo
3-time Gold Glove-winning second baseman who won the 2003 World Series as a member of the Florida Marlins. He led the National League in stolen bases in 2000 and 2002.
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth12 September 1975
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We're a team and we go out there and we battle together, but when it comes down to it, the three games we lost, the defense let up at the end; we let them score. It felt great to go out there and really get them stopped. The offense gave us a great cushion and we locked them down.
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If you have gold and diamonds in your garden, there is no reason to live in misery.
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We were down there, especially on those last four downs where it really was on the line, and you look in guys' eyes and you knew they wanted it. You knew guys were going to step up and make plays. I never once doubted that we could finish that game the right way.
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We're not going to sit here and say (it was) the field or this or the rain or the cold, but that's the worst field I've played on since I was a little kid. I mean, when you stood in the middle of that field, you were in about six inches of mud. But, you know, so were they. And they held us today.
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We're fighting for the wild card. We have to get in there and try to get their pitcher out of the game. . . . You have to wake up a little bit and score runs early in the game.