Vinny Castilla
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"Vinicio "Vinny" Castilla Soria" is a Mexican people/Mexican-born former Major League Baseball third baseman who played his best years with the Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves. Previously, he played with the Atlanta Braves (1991–1992, 2002–2003), Colorado Rockies (1993–1999, 2004, 2006), Tampa Bay Rays/Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2000–2001), Houston Astros (2001), Washington Nationals (2005), and San Diego Padres (2006).

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They wanted to open up room for Ryan, and that's good -- Ryan Zimmerman is a great player and great prospect, ... The trade will work out for me, too. I'll be in San Diego with a team that made the playoffs this year.

We have our confidence back.

From now on, 'trying hard' isn't enough. Anybody can try. My mama can try. This time of year, you gotta win.

We're playing with a lot of enthusiasm. We've got some confidence back.

He's the manager, man. He put the rules down. We just work here.

I had a great first half. And the second half, with my knee, I couldn't use my left leg. I couldn't drive the ball. But I think if I'm healthy, I can have another good year.

We struggle to score runs. So he's probably thinking a base hit, I'm probably going to get thrown out at home, so he pinch-run for me.

I was just aggressive in that situation, ... He threw me a fastball and I went with it.

We're still alive. We showed today that we still believe.