Ken Macha
Ken Macha
Kenneth Edward Machais a former Major League Baseball third baseman and manager. During an eight-year managing career, he piloted the Oakland Athletics, whom he guided to the American League's Western Division championship in both his first and final seasons with the team, and later managed the Milwaukee Brewers...
anybody ask best guys knew lose manager
If anybody had to lose anything in May, it was me. But I knew these guys were doing the best they could and that's all there was to it. That's all a manager can ask for.
barry command pitch
I thought Barry had command from the first pitch on all of his stuff.
comeback hitting last mark player year
I don't know how you get Comeback Player of the Year, but Mark didn't play at all last year and now he's hitting .300.
life
He had a lot of life in his arm. That's one of his better outings. He had everything going.
extra needs top
He's been on top a lot more. He's got something extra when he needs it.
certainly rising star
He's certainly a rising star in this league.
faint
A lot of drama. Not for the faint of heart.
gone heard
Everything would have to go perfect. And I know that everyone's heard that before, and it hasn't gone perfect.
bring drama faint game time
I wasn't going to bring him into a 1-0 game the first time back. There was a lot of drama in that game. It wasn't for the faint of heart.
base bit cushion early game gave hit home losing pitcher runs streak winning work
Offensively, we got some big two-out base hits, scored early like we hadn't been in our losing streak and gave the pitcher a little bit of a cushion to work with. At the end of the game we hit some home runs a little bit like we had been when we were in our winning streak.
bit
It's a little bit of a mix-and-match thing today.
bullpen came effort great
Halsey, that was a great effort by him. And the bullpen came through again.
guy nice stick
He'd be a nice guy to stick in there, too.
bats defensive great nice
It's nice to have the bats come around. And we had some great defensive plays, too.