Tony Oliva
Tony Oliva
Tony Pedro Olivais a former Major League Baseballright fielder and designated hitter. A star of the first magnitude during baseball's "second deadball era", he spent his entire 15-year baseball career playing for the Minnesota Twins from 1962 through 1976...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 July 1938
CityPinar del Rio, Cuba
CountryUnited States of America
american-athlete opportunity
They gave me a second opportunity and 45 years later I'm still here.
class couple great kids league players ready rookie time until
I think it's great with all the opportunities that those players have now. By the time those kids here come here, they are ready for Rookie league or Class A league or whatever, because we can keep them (at the academies) for a couple years until we think they are ready to come here, and that makes a big difference.
brain brains dead latin spanish
Brain dead? You can't be brain dead to play baseball, because you always have to adjust. Latin players, they're smart. I have friends all over the world, Spanish friends and English-speaking friends. They don't care. If you're good, you're good.
heavier kept
He kept getting heavier and heavier and heavier.
dream kids opportunity
It's a good feeling to see the kids try to make it, try to get to the big leagues. Everyone here has an opportunity to achieve his dream. I was lucky I was able to achieve my dream.
guy hit home runs
We're going to have a guy hit 30 home runs this year.
cuba bigs taxes
I come from Cuba. Taxes for me are no big thing.