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
We absorbed non-production from some guys the best we could,
Adam Kennedy is the best defensive second baseman in our league.
Dan is the epitome of a professional. The way he applied himself and his attention to detail made him one of the best catchers of his era. He played the game the way it was supposed to be played.
It's written into the fabric of baseball that with games on the line that have bearing on the race, you try and put your best lineup out there.
That might have been the best five starts any team could have gotten in any series.
He's pitched some good baseball against us, but that was probably the best game he's pitched against us. When his fastball was off he got his breaking ball over.
It is an aggressive baserunning play. I don't think it is one we're going to design unless you're Willie Mays Hayes.
Those guys improvised, and we were able to get it done.
We don't get to Jamie very often. We were fortunate tonight.
We don't get to Jamie very often, ... Fortunately, we got to him a little bit tonight.
We had a lot of guys in our 'pen step up. Kelvim just shined the whole night. That's one of the big reasons why we have him for depth down there, and tonight it certainly paid off.
Our starting rotation has been the heartbeat of our club,
Our goal is to have every catcher relate to every pitcher. I don't think there is anything getting in our way of using any catcher at any time.
Our feeling is this: I know the guys in our clubhouse. If they scheduled a game for 1 in the morning, we're going to show up and play, ... We have a tough schedule, but we're still playing baseball and we're getting to do something we enjoy.