351 Quotes by Felipe Alou

September is not even here yet, ... Throw some new blood out there. ... Trades help. I don't believe this team is trading the young guys ? it's the opposite now.

Howard is impressive. He moves well around the bag. He's a David Ortiz-type man.

This guy is only being judged by the home runs now. Right now, he's only capable of hitting home runs. He doesn't steal the bases anymore. He's not the (superb) left fielder anymore. He doesn't have the speed anymore. I believe that when we reach back, we are going to hide all that talent that started when he was a kid. Because there's no question about it, this guy's been great since he was a kid.

I don't know how many homers they hit. Ten, eight, 12?

Most teams know Barry didn't play a lot in spring training. They want to find out how he's swinging the bat. The only way to do that is to pitch to him.

They used to say when I was a kid, 'Well, he's a Babe Ruth.' Any kid my age who hit a home run they would say 'Wow, he's a Babe Ruth' - in the Dominican. I didn't hear people say 'He's a Hank Aaron.' There's something mystic about the Babe, the name. ... Santa Claus.

He told me he feels very, very good. Bonds is having fun. Last year he didn't because he was hurt.

No, no, no, I don't want to talk about Bonds. I'll see you later.

They pitched to Barry with a guy throwing 98, 97 mph. ...If that guy doesn't pitch to him, who will?