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...
nervous possible thinking time work
The whole time on the flight, I'm thinking there is no possible way this is going to work out. I was nervous as anything.
ball flight game glad nervous possible thinking time work
The whole time on the flight I'm thinking there is no possible way that this is going to work out. I'm glad I got through it because I was nervous as anything. I don't think I have been that nervous in a ball game every in my career.
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.
discount great pass player point understand
I understand their point of view. (Piazza is) a great player that they got at a discount price. How do you pass up on that?
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.
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.
ability biggest coming confident guys knew last lose six three trying win
The biggest thing was not coming in here and getting swept. That would have put a damper on where we?re trying to get to. We play these guys three more times. We knew that as long as we didn?t lose six times to these guys out of the last 20 games, we feel confident in our ability to win the East.
community excited girls great grow
It's great for the girls to grow up in a community like this. We like it a lot. We're excited about being here.
doubt five runs score tough
It's a tough loss, there's no doubt about it. For them to come in and score five runs with two out in the eighth, that's tough to swallow.
definitely
It's definitely a grind. But that's how it's been set up for us.