Mark Kotsay
Mark Kotsay
Mark Steven Kotsayis an American professional baseball coach and a former Major League outfielder. In 2016, he will serve as the bench coach for the Oakland Athletics...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth2 December 1975
writes
I'm not the one who writes the lineup.
fingers knows last nobody pointing
Everyone in here knows what we went through as a team. Nobody was pointing fingers last year, and nobody's pointing fingers this year.
adjustment bat batting cape college gradual leagues practice summer using wood work
I didn't make the adjustment overnight. Obviously, you work out with a wood bat during batting practice in college and go out to summer leagues like the Cape Cod and the Jayhawk so you actually get 150-200 at-bats using wood. It was kind of a gradual thing for me.
walk
The is the first day I've been able to walk around and get up out of a chair.
everybody goes rely remain themselves
For the most part, everybody goes about their business. Everybody handles themselves in a professional manner. All we have to do is go out and play. You don't have to rely on someone else's opinion. It's always different in different clubhouses. We just want to remain consistent.
contend guys room
Even if he doesn't make any moves, the 25 guys in this room are suitable to contend for a championship,
expect great hit shoulder
It hit my tip. I couldn't get it into the web. It was a little more over my right shoulder than I anticipated. It would have been a great play to make. It wasn't necessarily one that I expect to make.
answered came flat foot game half kept neck team
How can a team be flat when you know what you have on the line? We know what this game means. We know what every game means. We're not going to come out flat on Sept. 21 when we're a game and a half out. They came out, they jumped on us, they never let us up. We scored three. They answered back. They kept their foot on our neck and never let us breathe. That's what the game was today.
flu sick
It was just a 24-hour flu thing. I was pretty sick on Sunday.
asked
He did what you asked for again! Now what, Daddy?
finish gone good opportunity playoffs team
This team made a good run, showed a lot of character, a lot of heart. We'll finish up the season, but the opportunity of making the playoffs is gone and that's disappointing.
chemistry covers factor plays winning
Winning covers a lot of things up. But I'd also say that chemistry plays a factor in winning.
failed score
We had opportunities to score more than two runs, ... and we failed to get it done.
bad
Usually, I don't look that bad out there,