Gabe Kapler
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"Gabriel Stefan "Gabe" Kapler" is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and the current Director of Player Development for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

In his minor league career, in 1996 he led the South Atlantic League in hit (baseball)/hits (157), double (baseball)/doubles (45; 2nd in the minor leagues), and extra base hit/extra-base hits (71), and was an All-Star, and in 1997 at Single-A Lakeland Flying Tigers/Lakeland, he led the Florida State League in doubles (40) and total bases (262), and tied for first in extra base hits (65). In 1998 with the AA Jacksonville Suns, he won the Southern League (baseball)/Southern League Most Valuable Player/MVP award, as he batted .322 with a league-high 28 home runs, 47 doubles (3rd-most in the minor leagues), and 146 RBIs (most in the minors in 1998, and most ever in the Southern League). He also set league records with 81 extra-base hits and 319 total bases, and led the league in hits (176) and runs (113). He played in both the Double-A and Southern League All-Star Games, and was MVP of the Southern League All-Star Game.

He has played portions of 13 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers (baseball)/Texas Rangers, Colorado Rockies, Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, and the Tampa Bay Rays. He is 6 feet 2 inches tall, and weighs 205 lbs.

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Those are huge plays.

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This game seems to happen so fast, it happens so quickly. I was glad to get back in the clubhouse and know that we had a win. That was the most important thing.

Right now, our offense is really putting everyone else on its back and carrying us. There's going to be a time when the pitching is going to put everybody on its back and carry us. I just think it's important to note that for us to win a championship, everything has to be going in the right direction. I think that's right around the corner.

We've still got a grind and battle ahead of us. I think we're going up against a great team and we're going to have our hands full. I think the rivalry is there regardless of which team is in front.

Right now, the offense has us on its back and it's carrying us. There will come a time when the pitchers will put us on its back and carry us.

There's not a man in here that doesn't realize that Johnny makes us go. He's the catalyst.

It was an amazing performance because it's not easy to sit through a long rain delay and have the same intensity. It's not easy to start and stop, and that's what Matt did successfully. When you start and stop, it's easy to bow out of the situation, but he didn't do it. And he was rewarded for it.