Quote of the day

Shortstop Josh Labandeira in 2004 on why Expos manager Frank Robinson calls him only by his first name during Montreal’s games:

“He won’t call me by my last name. He told me, ‘By the time I call you for a situation, the situation is going to be gone.’ ”

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