Mel Stottlemyre
Mel Stottlemyre
Melvin Leon "Mel" Stottlemyre, Sr.is an American former professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach. He played for 11 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, and coached for 23 seasons. He is a five-time MLB All-Star and five-time World Series champion, as a coach...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth13 November 1941
CityTexas County, MO
addition arm erratic good great saw throwing time today
I saw him today for the first time throwing BP. He's got great arm strength. He was a little erratic today command-wise. Obviously, he's got good stuff. I think he's going to be a great addition for them.
battle best far good job joe special toughest year
I've been here with Joe for 10 years and this has by far been the toughest year for him, and it's the best job he's done. He's done a good job year in and year out -- this year the job he's done was really special because he had a lot of things to battle through.
good problem
I have no problem with George, ... He's been very good to me.
good help maybe opportunity spring training
Gator's been a big help to me over my 10 years here. It was an opportunity for me to come down to spring training and maybe help him out a little bit. At the same time, I thought it would be good for me. So here I am.
good left needed truth
It may have sounded like I left mad, but that wasn't the truth. I left with a good feeling. I think I said what I thought I needed to say upon leaving, and that was it. It had no carryover, no displeasures at anybody.
ask felt good protect threw
Overall, he threw well. We couldn't ask for too much more than what he did. We wanted him to go 80 pitches, and that's what he had through five. He felt good and wanted to continue, but we've still got to protect him a little bit.
obviously somebody time
I think it's time for somebody new. I've been here for 10 years, and they obviously want to make some changes.
leave people satisfy sets
I would tell him what it's like and I wouldn't leave anything out, ... You've got to satisfy two sets of people here and it shouldn't be that way.
ate laugh
It ate at me for a while, ... but I laugh at that, too.
guys perfect spend time
Most guys probably give up before they spend enough time to perfect their skills.
hopefully
We're not out of this thing. We're hopefully going to go get two from Billings and see what happens,
certainly extra fill groups satisfy separate
I would certainly fill them in with a lot of the extra stuff, ... Sometimes you have to satisfy two separate groups of people. It shouldn't be that way.
basically bit felt interfere thinking
I didn't let it interfere with the way I did my job, ... I felt it (wore) a little bit on my thinking on the field. Basically that's why I made the decision.
far joe toughest year
I've been here with Joe for 10 years and this has been by far the toughest year for him,