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.
everybody fun laughter
It will be fun, but more fun if we had Earl, ... If Earl was here, he would make everybody laugh.
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.
hard
It's very hard because he was like my son.
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.