Mike Scioscia
Mike Scioscia
Michael Lorri Sciosciais an American former Major League Baseball catcher and current manager for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He has worked in that capacity since the 2000 season, and is currently the longest-tenured manager in Major League Baseball. As a player, Scioscia made his major league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1980. He was selected to two All-Star Games and won two World Series over the course of his 13-year MLB career, which was spent entirely...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 November 1958
CityUpper Darby, PA
To move Erstad, it would have to make the whole lineup better. It would be a significant move. You would expect significant results.
We're going to need Tim and it was good to see him square one up.
What he has to do now is regain some stamina to become a starter again. He has as good a stuff as anyone.
What's really been impressive is to see his work ethic and how much his defense has picked up. We're really excited about that part.
We're going to have to face him (eventually), we don't look at it as catching a break. There is no denying he's a special pitcher, but the last couple nights (Joel) Pineiro and (Ryan) Franklin have pitched as well as anyone.
We're going to have to do a better job on offense, getting guys on base early and doing some of the things we want to do,
We're not as crisp in areas that we need to be in. One thing is pitching. We have a couple of things where pitchers have gotten into their starts and they've been a little bit erratic and getting into deep counts. That is where it starts, with pitching.
We absorbed non-production from some guys the best we could,
We are at the point of the year where if you push him back, it could mean one less start at the end of the year. We need to make sure that he can pitch. If we do push him back, we want to make sure we have the matchups we need at the end of the season.
There are some things in our offense that have started to come together. We have some of the guys that we will need to be productive this season starting to swing the bat.
The only way you can beat Oakland is with good pitching. You've got to match them pitch by pitch.
The only way to overcome this is to grind it out. There's no easy fix. We're a good club and we'll get it back.
This win was a good win for the team and gave us a big lift. We have to focus on winning from here on out.
We've talked about that for awhile, ... It's something we'll continue to look at very closely. ... His velocity is good and at times he throws to his pitching spots, and that needs to continue. ... We feel he has enough in his tank to do what any of our starters need to do down the stretch.