Mike Hargrove
Mike Hargrove
Dudley Michael Hargroveis a former Major League Baseball first baseman and manager. He is currently employed as an advisor with the Cleveland Indians. Hargrove batted and threw left-handed. He played for the Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, and Cleveland Indians. After retiring, he went on to manage the Indians, Baltimore Orioles, and Seattle Mariners...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth26 October 1949
hopefully liked lose saw spring training
We liked what we saw of him in spring training and hopefully we don't lose him. But he wasn't getting the at-bats here and there wasn't the (likelihood) for him to get at-bats.
send talking
We'll probably send him to the instructional league. I'm not sure, but we've been talking about it.
balls four gave hit quick
We gave up four quick ones and never got back in it. We didn't even hit many balls hard.
good learning rather thankful
You look back and are thankful that he reacted the way he did. It's not good to see him get into trouble, but it's good to see him get out of trouble. I'd rather have less-stressful learning experiences.
catcher felt
We don't have a No. 1 catcher here. We felt like we wanted to see what Ojeda could do. I think this makes sense. We feel we need to look at this kid.
came discussed guy names
We discussed names and Jaime is the guy we came up with, ... Jamie.
easy guys pitches start struggling taking
When you're struggling like we were, it's easy to start pressing. Our guys didn't do that. We started taking more pitches and getting into better counts.
anyone holding kenny ways
We don't have anyone with an exceptional move, no one like Kenny Rogers. But there are other ways of holding runners.
ball charge club difference extra hop knows looking mean stay third tricky
When the other club knows you're looking to take an extra base, they'll charge the ball more. When they have to charge, a tricky hop could mean the difference between getting around to third and having to stay at first.
ball happened talked
We don't know what happened to him. He had a 14-pitch first and a 38-pitch second, and when we talked to him after that, he said couldn't say why he couldn't get the ball where he wanted.
pulled until
We won't know until tomorrow. If I were to guess, he pulled a hamstring.
box crew game inches middle rat seven sitting six sudden took walked
We're sitting there in the middle of the game and all of a sudden a rat walked into our dugout. It must have been about six or seven inches long. It took a while for someone from the grounds crew to come get it, put it in a box and take it away.
guys holding invented japan seen somebody trick year
Usually it's two guys holding the victim, but this was even better. I think this trick was invented when Abner Doubleday started this game, and every year there's somebody who hasn't seen it. We had to go all the way to Japan to find someone this time.
bunt choice good great runner second
With no outs and a runner on second, it's a good play. It was his choice to get the runner over like that, and it was his second great bunt in two nights.