Luis Sojo
Luis Sojo
Luis Beltrán Sojo Sojois a former Major League Baseball infielder and right-handed batter...
afloat came fine kept needed pitching quiet secret today
We've been quiet offensively and today we came through when we needed it. It's not a secret that our fine pitching has kept us afloat in this tournament.
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We wanted to take 15 pitchers. It was tough. He wasn't the only one. Luis Rodriguez with Minnesota led the league in hitting in winter ball. But we wanted to keep 15 pitchers. I left a message to Alex and I talked to Luis. With Alex, it's his first year with Boston and I know that's important, too. We just didn't have any choice.
We wanted to take 15 pitchers. It was tough.
guys knew matter round second tougher
My guys knew it was going to be tough, no matter who we played. Now we go to the second round and it's going to be tougher and tougher.
factor guys pitching
My guys didn't come through. Unfortunately, there's nothing you can do about it because pitching was a big factor in this game.
decision guys office pitching tonight tough
The pitching has been great. They all want the ball. It's making it tough for me when I get to the ballpark, because I see all these guys going to my office and they all want the ball. But we've got to make a decision and tonight it was the right one.
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On paper we are the favorites along with the Dominican Republic and the United States, but things are not predictable in baseball. Every country has their best players on their squads and have plans to win it all.
course thinking
Of course everyone is thinking about Venezuela. We're one of the favorites.
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We were coming from behind until Miguel hit the top of the fence. We thought it was a home run. But the umpires, you know, thought different.
against easy guys names pitch telling thank wants
Santana wants to pitch against the Dominican. I'm telling you, these guys are making it easy for me. All I have to do is write out the lineup. Carlos Zambrano wants to do the same thing. I don't do anything, thank God. I just write the names down.
knows plays teams
This guy, ... he knows what to do. He's been around, so he knows how important he is to the teams he plays for. He's as important for the Yanks now as he was for us back in '95.
came needed team
This is the Venezuelan team I wanted to see. I want some more. We came through when we needed to.
freddy hard mound san tomorrow work
We have Carlos on the mound tomorrow and Freddy comes next, and we'll have to work hard to get to San Diego.
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Clutch hitting has been the missing ingredient for us. The Cubans are very good fastball hitters and they showed they were ready whenever they got that pitch.