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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They all pitched well. They all stepped up.
awesome deep games stepped taken
They've been awesome this whole series. They've taken us deep into games and all pitched well. They stepped up in this series.
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He's done a fantastic job behind the plate, ... But for him to step up there and hit a grand slam, that was big 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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I'm still trying to find some logic to it all.
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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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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 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.
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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,
balance effective hitters
He was just effective enough to keep our hitters off balance all night.
behind change eighth hitters innings maybe ninth pitchers seems team
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.
behind plays score win zero
We all didn't play well today. We didn't make plays behind him when we had to and we didn't get hits. We didn't score runs. You can't win with zero runs.
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Now, they're cleaning up their act and it's selling like crazy.