Sean Casey
Sean Casey
Sean Thomas Casey, nicknamed "The Mayor," is a former Major League Baseball first baseman for the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers, and Boston Red Sox. Casey was selected to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game three times during his career. He is currently a broadcaster and commentator for the MLB Network...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth2 July 1974
CityWillingboro, NJ
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I always dreamed about being a Pittsburgh Pirate and playing there on Opening Day. Let's hope it will be a lot of fun.
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We're playing real good baseball right now, ... The bottom line is we are getting real good starting pitching. If you get that and some timely hitting, you win ballgames.
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Size was a big deal for them, especially with their big guys playing like they did. We tried to pinch them in on the ends, but that didn't work. We didn't do a good job of that in the first half and that was the game.
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I think we're close. You almost wish we could get that front-line starter, somebody that's always on everybody's No. 1 wish list. Getting that one more starter is a big deal.
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I think everyone here knows Jerry's the guy. So let him know.
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Yeah, I thought I had some friends over here. But, hey, that's baseball.
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I thought Jack would just throw to me. They were thinking two all the way.
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There are still mixed emotions. Everything I've done as a big leaguer has been with the Reds. I see those guys over there. I'm a human being. I like the guys in the Pirates' clubhouse. They've been good to me. But I developed a lot of relationships over there, too.
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Just watching my teammates on TV, how close they're coming and not getting results ... it hurts a lot. I'm there on the couch, the game is close and they need a big hit, and I'm, like, 'Jeez, let me get out there.' I want so badly to be part of it again.
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I think everybody's watching what's going on, and we need to start acting and reaching out,
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Trace is just trying to set a tone. We're a family and we have to get it done on the field.
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Virtually all appointments that we make for anything, whether they're standing committees or commissions, or anything else, they have a requirement for gender balance and a requirement for balance across region,
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When you see the organization signing those guys, you can see there's a commitment. There are a lot of good things happening here.
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We're getting our fair share of hits, that's not the problem. It's just the timing of our hits that's bad. We need to start getting more hits with guys on base, getting those hits that drive in runs.