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
Our defense has been there all year for us. This is out of the blue, really. Everything you could've messed up, we messed up out there.
Confidence is very important, ... Confidence will breed momentum. But nothing we did here (Friday night) will affect (tonight).
Edgardo is a guy that has played at a very high level for a lot of years, and he has an experienced right-handed bat.
Ervin was a little bit shy on command, but when he needed to make pitches he did.
The way he carried himself on the field, the little things he did made a difference in what his pitchers could do. He was terrific.
(Washburn) is feeling better but it could be more than one start (missed). He'll pitch when he's at a level that he can go out there and compete and not be at risk.
A lot of times the pitch you need to get a guy out is either out of the zone or in the dirt and you need to block the ball or tag the guy out. Our guys work on that and our pitchers need to have confidence to throw that pitch.
There's a lot between now and that Oakland series, but if we have to juggle, we'll get him in that series somewhere.
This kid responded to every situation as well as anybody who ever put a Major League uniform on, whether it was a game down in the pennant stretch or going into New York or pitching a ballgame in the summer. He wants to keep getting better, and that's why we're excited about his future.
This kid has responded to every situation as well as anyone who ever put a uniform on,
This is out of the blue. Everything you could have messed up, we messed up out there. These guys have played terrific defense all year, so it's very uncharacteristic.
Adam Kennedy is the best defensive second baseman in our league.
As a player, you're the first one to realize you're slipping a little bit, but you're the last one to know you've fallen off the slope and it's over.
A three-run lead in the Grand Canyon with that club is not a safe lead. But our guys, when they had to, made terrific pitches.