Preston Gomez
Preston Gomez
Preston Gómezwas a Cuban-born infielder, manager, coach and front-office official in Major League Baseball best known for managing three major league clubs: the San Diego Padres, Houston Astrosand Chicago Cubs. He was born Pedro Gómez Martínez in Central Preston, Cuba, and was given his nickname in U.S. professional baseball from his birthplace...
ball bat everywhere hands jumps nice rave scouts soft stop talking
Everywhere I go, the scouts all come up to me and rave about this kid, Wood. They say the ball jumps off his bat and he has nice soft hands at shortstop. They can't stop talking about him.
gets lose
They can lose in any sport but baseball. Then, he gets upset.
ahead everybody gene knowing leo terms
I have been around a lot of different personalities ? Walter Alston, Leo Durocher, Tommy Lasorda. I'd put Gene ahead of everybody in terms of knowing the game.
bring cuban longer looks playing series short team teams together whatever
Whatever team they are going to bring they are playing together longer than some of the teams here. It looks to me that the Cuban team may have more cohesion. And they always have pitching. In a short series like that anything can happen.