MLB WORLD SERIES: INDIANS v MARLINS

October 23, 1997

Moises Alou

MOISES ALOU: I didn't have very good at-bats, my first or second at-bat. And I didn't make adjustment. Jaret and our bench told me to come in and swing, and I did that. I wasn't looking at the ball, I was concentrating very well, and I stayed back there. I trusted my hand and I got a good pitch to him.

MOISES ALOU: I didn't see him. I mean I didn't see him do any gesture. And if he did, I don't know, you just have to go there. This is the World Series, you are allowed to make gestures about getting somebody out or getting a hit. I made adjustments, I swung better my third at-bat bat.

MOISES ALOU: It's big, I mean every game is big. It's nice to go home up 3-2 instead of down 2-3. But it's not going to be easy, this is -- there's two good teams playing each other, and I mean they showed in the 9th inning they almost came back, and whoever plays the best baseball is going to end up winning.

MOISES ALOU: I don't think so, I think he's going to be there for another week. He's fishing. He loves to go fishing. I think he's tired of baseball this year. It was a long year for him in Montreal. He's probably watching the game on TV.

MOISES ALOU: Well, that at-bat went very bad. I really stayed back. I really saw the ball good, I really trusted my hands and I got a good pitch, actually I got two good pitches. I missed the first pitch, it was a hanging slider, too, and I felt the ball back. And I got into 2, 1 and I felt very comfortable right there, and he hung me another slider and I drove the ball. And the second part of your question, even though I haven't had that many hits in postseason play, I was still driving guys in, and that's what I count on. I drove a lot of guys in during the regular season and I've been doing it during the postseason, too.

MOISES ALOU: I don't know, probably. Hopefully I can have a bigger game Saturday. But I was very excited. This is the World Series, it's the first time I play in the World Series and I was very happy to pull my team ahead 5 to 4.

MOISES ALOU: I wasn't worried. I know he's a very clutch hitter, but I had a lot of faith on our closer. I knew that Robb was going to get the job done.

MOISES ALOU: To tell you the truth I'm not thinking about it until it happens. We've got another big game to play, hopefully just one more game to play. If not we're going to have another game to play, and when it happens it's going to be unbelievable. I mean I won the Korean Series Championship, and I don't think that's close to the World Series. I just want to help the team to win our next game and after that I'm going to see how it feels.

MOISES ALOU: I had a cold the first day we were here in the work out and I haven't been feeling very well. When the game starts I don't feel it or I don't think about it. I go out there and play. There's a lot of guys on our team that have the flu. A lot of guys play with injuries. When the game begins nobody worries about that and just go out there and play hard.