Marcel Lachemann
Marcel Lachemann
Marcel Ernest Lachemannis an American professional baseball executive and a former player, manager and pitching coach in Major League Baseball. As a player, he was a relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. He is currently a special assistant to the general manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...
effort intense max prepares roger
I don't think Roger ever does anything that's not a max effort and a max concentration. He's not going to go out there and play around. It's just not in his makeup. He's become what he is because he's so intense about what he does (and) prepares for what he does.
ahead along batting brought early expected farther handle normal physically pitchers practice rest start step sure throwing
We brought the (WBC) pitchers in early because we want to make sure they are farther along than normal so they can physically handle what is going to be expected of them. I'd expect them to start throwing batting practice (before the rest of the pitchers). Once we get them ahead (in conditioning), we don't want them to take a step back.