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
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After the walks some people will wonder why Carl swung at the first pitch, but I didn't have a problem with it. We had one of our big guns at the plate. I'd rather have him swinging there.
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He swings the bat and we can use every good bat we can get. I'm very excited about him joining the ball club.
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Matt has been a good big-league player. We'll make the switch to get him some at-bats ... give Jeremy time to regroup. If Matt swings and plays the way Matt can, it will make things interesting.
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Give me an easy chair and a glass of tea and I can watch him swing the bat all day long.
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It's too soon to say A, B, C and D are going to happen. We have different options and different ways to go.
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Eddie threw more pitches in that inning than he did all spring training.
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It took a chunk out of the back of his finger.
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Hernandez left two pitches up in the zone, and that turned out to be the difference in the game.
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He was rushing, he was missing his spots. He threw a couple of good pitches, then he'd get away from it. It's still early in the season.
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He had a 14-pitch first inning and a 38-pitch second inning. It's like somebody turned the light switch off.
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He's a good player. He's a good hitter, a good defender and a good baserunner. He also plays hard all the time. He certainly is a tremendous role model for all our young players, or anyone else who wants to watch.
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I don't anticipate it taking him a long time to catch up. Kenji is a good baseball player, number one, and it has been my experience that good players know how to get people out.
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He's just a good player. He's a good hitter, a good defender and a good baserunner. He's a tremendous role model for all our younger players.
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I was especially pleased with the way Woods threw. It's good to see them start to step up. We've been waiting for a couple of weeks for it to happen.