Doug Mirabelli
Doug Mirabelli
Douglas Anthony Mirabelliis a former Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, and San Diego Padresbefore returning to the Red Soxto end his eleven-year career. He batted and threw right-handed...
solid
He's been solid for us all year, and we need him now more than ever.
deficit last meant
If we can't make up a half-game deficit over the last 10 games, it wasn't meant to be anyway.
half meant virtual
If we can't make up a half a game, this wasn't meant to be, anyway. It's a virtual tie.
ball guys mediocre mentally playing
We're playing mediocre ball right now. There's a lot of guys who need that day off, mentally and physically.
both catch games
I think I can still play a big role. In my mind, I'm going to catch a lot of games and we'll both get our at-bats.
arguably definitely playoff
It definitely had that playoff atmosphere. It was two guys, going head-to-head, that are arguably our No. 1?s right now.
good
I thought it was a really good pitch,
dropped nervous saw time
I don't think I've ever been so nervous in a game. Even in warm-ups, the first time I saw the knuckleball I dropped a couple. I thought, 'Oh, oh. Here we go.
encourage eyes finish line
Kids, I want to encourage all of you to keep your eyes on the finish line and finish your goal.
ahead doubt good might pitchers uses using weapon woody
Woody uses it more as a strikeout pitch. He's using it the way other pitchers might use a splitter or a cutter. There's no doubt it's a good weapon when you're working with it like he does, ahead in the count.
concept gets help language leeway lets people point speak start teammate tried
I don't know if he gets the concept of a teammate or if he grasps that. People have tried to help him out. You've got to give him some leeway for language but at some point (you realize) he does speak more than he lets on. So at that point, you start to think he's making that choice.
ball dance-and-dancing mixed needed people pitches strikes
He strikes out people with his movement. Obviously, the ball was dancing. He mixed in some other pitches when he needed to.
fell help hitter kevin league manager million start surprised turn unless work year
(General manager Kevin Towers) told me that I would start unless something fell into his lap, and Piazza will help this team. I'm just surprised that he couldn't find work in the American League (where he could be used as a designated hitter). Getting a hitter like Piazza for what? - $1.25 million a year (plus incentives)? You can't turn that down.
ball catching felt game hard strike time today tough wild
His ball was darting in, it was darting away. It was effectively wild in the strike zone. I had a tough time today catching the ball. I hadn't had a game like that where I felt like I was going to have a hard time catching the ball.