Manny Acta
Manny Acta
Manuel Elias Actais a former professional baseball manager who is currently the third base coach for the Seattle Mariners, and formerly a broadcast analyst for ESPN and ESPN Deportes. He has served as manager for the Washington Nationals and the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. In the Dominican Winter League, he managed the Tigres del Licey from 2003–2005, including leading them to victory at the 2004 Caribbean Series. Acta managed the Dominican Republic team at the 2006 World Baseball...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth11 January 1969
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I would start spring training a week earlier so the players would get five or six exhibition games in before starting.
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Most of the players here were not involved in the Caribbean Series. That was something that basically the fans were the ones that were really involved in that, took it personal. We were going to try to beat whoever we faced, whether they speak English, Spanish or Italian.
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I believe this is the biggest recognition I'm going to get for the rest of my life in my country. Coming from a country with so many good players and so many coaches and being chosen to do this, nothing will match this.
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This park brings back good and bad memories. We fell short, but it was good to make it here. Our expectations were very high because of the team we had, but I also understood that in baseball you never know because it's a very short tournament and anything can happen. I still think when you look at the size of the country where we come from and the number of players we have, we have the best athletes.
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The crowd did help us. We have a big Dominican community here. But I think the game was so good, the players weren't even paying attention to the fans. They were focused on the game.
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If you're going to get hurt, you're going to get hurt, whether you're in spring training or the World Baseball Classic. But I want everybody to understand, we're not going out there only trying to win and forgetting about our players. We have a responsibility to the organizations that are allowing the players to play, and we're also going to try to get them ready for the regular season.
best looking players sure
If you're looking for the best players at this time, you can be sure to find them on the Dominican team.
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I think we can play a lot better. I think we could have scored at least 12 runs. We didn't do the things we were supposed to do.
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It is a sign of what we can do.
guys pride serious
Our guys take it very serious and show a lot of pride in this kind of stuff.
credit deserve hard rather
We really went at it hard like professionals. They deserve the credit. I'd rather give them credit than make excuses.
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Just because he's tied for the league lead, that doesn't mean you can't run on him. So what are you going to do? He made a good throw. You gave to give credit to him.
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Manny is sure. He was one of the first to sign the papers last year.
knowing
Knowing Pedro, he doesn't want to participate just to participate.