68 Quotes by Manny Acta

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.

This is the real kind of Caribbean World Series, especially having Cuba in there.

It's a shame, but Pedro won't pitch in the Classic. I met with Pedro to talk about this; he did everything he could, and he was ready to join the team later in the competition, but his injury delayed his preparations.

It's a short tournament and we have to stay humble about it. It's baseball and anything can happen. We feel very good about the group we got here. We actually have the group we wanted and they seem to have the special love to play for their country.

It was full of blood. He only had about 10 more pitches before he was done, so we made the change. We appreciate his effort.

It was an awesome experience. I would go again tomorrow.

It's over, the second round, we went through it, and I feel fantastic because most of the guys now are in playing shape. The pitchers have been able to go out there more than once, and the hitters had enough at-bats, so I'm happy for the guys.

Daniel deserves all the credit. We had several scoring opportunities to break the game open. We didn't do it but our pitching staff came through.

It's nice to have depth, and that's what we have.