Frank Catalanotto
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"Frank John Catalanotto" (pronounced Ca-ta-la-not-toe) (born April 27, 1974) is a former professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Little Cat", the Long Island native bats left-handed and throws right-handed. In his career, Catalanotto has played all infield and outfield positions except shortstop and center field.

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It looks a lot nicer, ... It's a nice number, but what are you going to do? We're not going to be disappointed and we're going to take a lot of positive things out of the season. It would have been nice to finish 81-81 though.

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That's tough. The toughest part was the shadows. We all came back saying we couldn't see the ball. It was tough picking it up. When you go from a slow knuckleball to a guy throwing 95 and you add in the shadow, it's tough.

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It's going to hurt the team quite a bit because as far as I'm concerned he is the best defensive infielder in the league.

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They played some sloppy ball that inning. They helped us out. We just weren't able finish it off.

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No doubt in my mind. I had the best view, ... Obviously, it landed on the other side, but it was hooking. He's human, and they're going to miss calls. It's unfortunate, though, because I think that would've been a big run.

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I'm very proud of myself because I could have just fell flat on myself and let it go. (I could have) said: 'You know what, crappy season and we'll get 'em next year,' but I didn't. I kept my head up, even though there are times I am reminded of what happened. I've been able to use that as motivation.

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When I hit it, I hit it well. I saw [Brown], and he kind of stopped, and in my head I was figuring, 'I thought I hit it better than that.' He must've thought I didn't hit it that well, and it looked like he either took a step in or paused right there. It was fortunate for me that it got over his head.

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But it would definitely be a big blow to the team if he is out for the whole season.

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In my head, I was figuring, 'I thought I hit it better than that,'.

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