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
John looks ready to go. He's one of the top pitchers in our league. He had quite a year.
Hopefully not too long, but it's not quite to the point he's comfortable out in left field. I want to get his bat in the lineup. It will give us more options if we get him in left field. We'll take it day-to-day. I don't want to put a guy out there if it's a risk at all.
He was throwing the ball fine, but his command wasn't quite there. He'll get that more as he continues to throw on the mound. He was getting behind in the count a lot, which isn't his M.O. He usually goes right after hitters.
Jason's a guy who had a very, very live ball a couple of years ago. He probably doesn't have quite the same stuff, but he still can be effective and we'll see where he fits in. Statistically, he's definitely a guy you want to match up against lefties, and that's a role that we'll look at.
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.
Our game has not surfaced, ... It's not a matter of choking; it's just a matter of playing our style of baseball.
Out of the chute, everybody is ready. Jeff is certainly not a finesse pitcher, but he is not going to light up the gun.