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Not every athlete is ready for fruit-scented hand cream. Moises Alou of the San Francisco Giants, who doesn’t wear batting gloves when he hits, disclosed last season that he urinates on his hands to prevent calluses.


Moises Alou

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MOISES ALOU Today it was a combination of everything coming together. Moments like that, I've had a lot througho...
MOISES ALOU You saw, I saw, everybody saw, everybody knows what kind of impact Barry has on the team, and he sho...
MOISES ALOU Either he got lucky, or we (stink). Or he pitched well.
MOISES ALOU Since Barry came back, it's really made this team a lot better. It's a whole different game. Hopeful...
MOISES ALOU I went home on Saturday night and got to sleep early so I'd be ready to play.
MOISES ALOU Finally it looks like we'll have the lineup that we expected to have, without J.T., unfortunately .....
MOISES ALOU You need breaks sometimes - we haven't been getting many. I didn't think I would get it. I was upset...
MOISES ALOU Barry was ready to go and bat second [then]. We were hoping they'd pitch more to him.
MOISES ALOU It is nice finding that place where you can just go and relax.
MOISES ARIAS I was really shy when I was younger, so my mom got me into an acting class to see if I would open my...
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MOISES NAIM I've seen him pitch a lot. He looks stronger physically from what I've seen and seems to be throwing...
FELIPE ALOU There's no way we're going to get him on that bus — not even on a h...
FELIPE ALOU His delivery kind of left him for one pitch or two, but then he got it back. That's a good sign. Wit...
FELIPE ALOU He's a veteran guy, get his bat in the lineup.
FELIPE ALOU He made tons of big pitches. It is hard to believe that a guy making his first start would be so sha...
FELIPE ALOU Even if we don't win another game, we beat Superman tonight. When they bring him in, everybody knows...
FELIPE ALOU (Bench coach) Ron Wotus gives me all the pitches each guy has thrown over the last five days, ... We...
FELIPE ALOU It was really obvious what went on to the players and managers. I hope what is being done will stop ...
FELIPE ALOU It was obvious we were stalling like a hurricane in the middle of the ocean, ... not going anywhere,...
FELIPE ALOU We might not need Barry.
FELIPE ALOU I think he wanted to pass the Babe.
FELIPE ALOU I guess it's a rule now. We have them, but they're lukewarm and you can't turn them up.
FELIPE ALOU I guess it?s a rule now. We have them, but they?re lukewarm and you can?t turn them up.
FELIPE ALOU There's a feeling of urgency, because we know the difference that he could make for us.
FELIPE ALOU We did not do too much with Zambrano.
FELIPE ALOU He can really pitch. He has worked hard and is a very smart guy. I [have] got to say that today he i...
FELIPE ALOU You have a closer like Benitez, you want to use him, but we've got to develop a kid, too.
FELIPE ALOU Mo's really not getting many pitches to hit, ... He doesn't have the patience of Barry Bonds.
FELIPE ALOU In Montreal, we let the young guys pitch,
FELIPE ALOU I saw it on the scoreboard. I didn't have a lot of time to think about it because I was managing the...
FELIPE ALOU That was the best I have ever seen [Lowry] throw -- that one pitch is getting better, and that is ba...
FELIPE ALOU He was OK. Not his real good outing. Nevertheless, he kept us in the game even with the early runs.
FELIPE ALOU I hope he's activated during the weekend ? that everything is OK enough that he's activated, ... (Fr...
FELIPE ALOU The main thing is he's here now. That's big.
FELIPE ALOU We waited a long time, so if we wait another day or two or three, it's OK.
FELIPE ALOU He'll probably pinch-hit for anybody in the lineup.
FELIPE ALOU He knows we need him real bad. Even if he's not up to par.
FELIPE ALOU I'm not waiting on his swing. I take that for granted. The thing is running the bases. He ran better...
FELIPE ALOU What I did wasn't just for Latin players. I did this because I want to live in an America where no o...
FELIPE ALOU It takes two to sign a contract. This has been a bullpen that has not been treated right, according ...
FELIPE ALOU That's awesome. I don't know how many men can do that.
FELIPE ALOU It ...
FELIPE ALOU That's a great play. I never made a play like that myself in all the years I played.
FELIPE ALOU But hey, that ...
FELIPE ALOU Mathematically, we are making a run, ... though I'm not sure which way we are running.
FELIPE ALOU It is a like a defeat for everyone that three guys lost their jobs, ... That was never my intent. I'...
FELIPE ALOU [Like I said, it's all about perspective. So now can you at least try to understand what caused Feli...
FELIPE ALOU I have to say I haven't seen very many guys like that. At 20, that delivery, that breaking ball, tha...
FELIPE ALOU We need a lift. We have been lifted by kids. Can you imagine a guy like Barry? I'm going to take a f...
FELIPE ALOU They're doing it with young guys. And most of them have been there the entire year.
FELIPE ALOU We had injuries, Bonds and (Armando) Benitez. To this day, Bonds hasn't shown up. And a lot of guys ...
FELIPE ALOU It will energize the crowd and the team. He does not have to hit home runs. It is the fact that he w...
FELIPE ALOU If there was any concern, I believe we'd take him out after seven innings last night. He looks healt...
FELIPE ALOU People overlooked him because he doesn't throw hard. They didn't know the kind of man that was insid...
FELIPE ALOU There was a time six weeks ago when his name (Burres) came up when we were starving for arms.
FELIPE ALOU He does not have to hit home runs. It is the fact that he will be in the lineup. Not only will the p...
FELIPE ALOU The other 12 pushed the rock up,
FELIPE ALOU Some players leaned on them. It should be a lot more relaxed.
FELIPE ALOU He's swinging the bat now, no question. He's starting to sting the ball.
FELIPE ALOU I feel even if we don't win another game, we beat Superman in the ninth inning. The kind of pitcher ...
FELIPE ALOU When you pinch-hit like that, you gotta be aggressive. There were a couple of up-and-in fastballs th...
FELIPE ALOU brain-dead Caribbean hitters hacking at slop nightly.
FELIPE ALOU With the bases loaded, he turned it up. He threw a curveball to Utley and struck him out that I thin...
FELIPE ALOU We said last year the Giants were coming up with position guys who are respectable big-league prospe...
FELIPE ALOU I feel that even if we don't win another game, we beat Superman in the ninth. That's something I hav...
FELIPE ALOU What happened to the mob? The mobsters.
FELIPE ALOU His hand-eye coordination, I have not seen anybody but Ted Williams that was like that.
FELIPE ALOU Greene threw out [the Padres'] Dave Roberts [on a steal attempt on] Sunday and called a good game wi...
FELIPE ALOU [For now, Cain would join a rotation that includes Jason Schmidt and Noah Lowry,] and I like (Brad) ...
FELIPE ALOU I heard it's not a big deal. It's not his bad knee. He'll be OK.
FELIPE ALOU It's an entirely different atmosphere than last year when he was limping and had to go back to Calif...
FELIPE ALOU You guys knew the base was open. I knew it, too.
FELIPE ALOU I never saw him loafing to first. He used to run hard every ground ball, every fly ball. It was amaz...
MATTY ALOU If they did it with Jackie Robinson already, they should do that for the Latin American players. And...
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