Jack McKeon
Jack McKeon
John Aloysius McKeon, nicknamed "Trader Jack," is an American former Major League Baseball manager and front-office executive...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 November 1930
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He was dodging bullets all the time. Your luck sometimes runs out but we got out of here with what we wanted. Five or six innings, 85-100 pitches. And we had enough guys in the bullpen ... he did his share and the rest of the guys picked him up.
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He could throw a no-hitter any day with his stuff but you can't keep walking the leadoff guy, ... You shouldn't be throwing 100 pitches in five or six innings.
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He gives us a pretty good outing every time he goes out there. He's an 18-game winner. He's going to be a 20-game winner, there's no doubt in my mind. He just makes the hitters hit the ball and doesn't mess around too much.
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He does all the little things that help you win a game. That's the thing I loved about him.
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If you have any chance to win a ballgame you can't let him beat you.
dominating guys
If you have a dominating player, go with the dominator, ... But, to me, closers are just the guys there at the end of the game.
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He's struggling a little bit. We have to find a way to get him going.
I don't know. I thought we'd have him by now.
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What makes a good leadoff hitter? Deion Sanders had speed, but he wasn't the ideal leadoff hitter. What was his on-base percentage? The criteria shouldn't be speed, it should be getting on base.
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Security is something when you don't have any confidence and you want somebody to pay you when you don't do the job.
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(Greg) Maddux is a master. He carved us up. He didn't give us anything good to hit.
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I've always said I'd rather see a club that's won 10 or 12 in a row than a club that's lost 10 or 12 in a row because they're tougher.
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He's one of the best pitchers we've seen all year. One of the best-pitched games we've seen all year. Give the guy credit.
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He's one of the best in the business. The guy's a vacuum cleaner. He's a magician. He can make that (double play) coming across the bag like no one you've ever seen. I've had a lot of great shortstops play for me but this guy was right up there with the best. He should have won a Gold Glove every year but he doesn't have the charisma that others have and he doesn't sell himself. But Boston will love him.