Jim Lefebvre
Jim Lefebvre
James Kenneth "Jim" Lefebvreis a former second baseman, third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball, and television actor. Lefebvre, the 1965 National League Rookie of the Year, was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1962. In 1965, his rookie year, he hit .250 with 12 home runs and 69 RBI. Lefebvre was named to the All-Star Game in 1966. He also played four seasons in Japan, from 1973 until 1976, for the Lotte...
baseball compete elevate fun guy high hitting level opinion people talent
What he's going to do (in the WBC) is show a lot of people that he can compete at a very high level and elevate everyone's opinion of the baseball talent in China. When he's hitting well, he is a fun guy to watch.
beautiful sports baseball
A baseball field must be the most beautiful thing in the world. It's so honest and precise. And we play on it. Every star gets humbled. Every mediocre player has a great moment.
bat hard swing
We didn't do much offensively tonight. We didn't swing the bat well. We didn't make a lot of hard outs. We have to do better than that.
ball goal hit mistake throw wait
Uehara is an outstanding pitcher. Our goal is to make him throw the ball over the plate, wait for a mistake and hit it.
game hard setting sights
We just want to play the game hard and play the game right. The important thing is we are setting our sights on getting better and better.
game played tired ugly
The only thing I can say is that we're a lot better than we played tonight. It wasn't that we were tired or because of travel. We just played an ugly game tonight, period.
against baseball experience exposed great guys highest improve level playing teams
This was the highest level of baseball these guys have ever been exposed to. You only improve by playing against better teams and this was a great experience for our players.
handle nervous player team
Our team was very nervous as it was a big game. But that's part of being a professional player and they did not handle it well.
best enjoy expect field hard people players time
People don't expect much from us, but the most important thing is to go out and play hard and enjoy the experience. This is the first time our players have been on the field with such experienced players. You just go out and do the best you can.
although next prepared team thank time
Although our team didn't play well, I would like to thank the WBC organizers. Next time we'll be more prepared and play better.
expect game good hard
It's hard to say. He's got pretty good control. If you've been in the game long enough, you expect those things.
asian competition cup great holland italy sun
Sun did well in the Asian games, did great in Italy during our pre-World Cup tour, and was doing great in Holland before he was injured. The better the competition got, the better he got.