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.
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 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.
The only way you can beat Oakland is with good pitching. You've got to match them pitch by pitch.
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.
When he had to make a pitch, he did.
We want to make sure that when Bart gets back on the mound, he's ready to be there for a long time.
We're good at situational baseball. And running the bases well is more important offensively than anything we do.
It is more awkward for Orlando, because as a shortstop, you round the ball differently. But we've run that shift enough and he has made that play.
I think you can characterize it as a mild surprise that we are here.
(Lackey) wasn't as sharp as we've seen him, ... He threw a lot of pitches early, and then he settled in. I thought he kept his composure, and he pitched. You look at the linescore and see seven scoreless innings and say he breezed, but it wasn't easy.
Kelvim just shined the whole night, ... That gives us a big lift. It's one of the reasons we have him down there, for depth.