Luis Gonzalez
Luis Gonzalez
Luis Emilio Gonzalez, nicknamed "Gonzo", is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Gonzalez spent his best years with the Arizona Diamondbacks and was one of the most popular players in that organization's history. He delivered the game-winning hit in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series off Mariano Rivera to give the Diamondbacks their first and only World Series championship to date...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth3 September 1967
CityTampa, FL
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This was a good series for us, ... We could have very easily taken all four. We have two months to go. We know where San Diego is, we know where the Dodgers are. We haven't had a good run yet, this was a good start for us.
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I was an outfielder, and I was a huge Ken Griffey Jr. fan. In Little League, the team I played for was the Mariners, and I wore No. 24.
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Jason Schmidt just has our number. He's one of the best pitchers in the league and he's just dominating against us.
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I'm still trying to find some logic to it all.
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I'm sure a lot of people were thinking that I couldn't play every day in one position. But here I have the chance, and I feel comfortable.
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I'm here to compare his game to mine -- we're both lefties. I'm just going to hang out and watch him go about his business today.
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I think since we are a veteran team we realize that so many players play this game and go through so many ups and downs that a lot of the guys don't ever get the opportunity to play in the playoffs or a World Series. So I feel very fortunate to have reached this accomplishment.
We just have to play better at home. We know that,
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The democratic process has passed the hardest test of all. The people of Paraguay have triumphed!
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We're getting big hits when we needed them the last couple of days,
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He was just effective enough to keep our hitters off balance all night.
I don't know what I can say. You really can't sugarcoat it.
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We've been outscored in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings maybe 100-2, it seems like. And when we get behind like that, it's tough. The hitters have to change their approach, the pitchers on the other team get to play around up there. I mean, they don't have to go right at you.
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Even though everything tells you they are not going to do well because of the team, we're very excited about the direction they're going in, with the manager and the ball team. We had some hesitation, but when we did our research, we feel the Marlins are here to stay in South Florida ... The bottom line is they're still a Major League Baseball team. There's only 30 of them.