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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I've seen a tremendous change in the guy. I saw a great work ethic in spring training. I saw a guy that was focused and determined. He has all that potential, and he wants to bring it to the front, and he has been pitching like that.
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People talk about Burnett, how he had the greatest arm in the National League and he does. But you've got to have more. If someone said to me, who'd you take, I'd say, 'No question, I'll take the guy Boston got. Because he's a winner.
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It's much tougher to win 20 games with the advent of closers and setup men. You're paying a lot of money for these guys to be setup guys and closers.
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A lot of times, you will see a guy make a lot different pitches because they are more focused with holding the guy on.
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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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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 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.
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The guy has been one of the best pitchers in the league. He loves to compete and loves to play the game. He kept his pitches to a minimum, and as usual he comes up with a key hit that breaks the game open. He's the whole package.
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I've seen Cookie Rojas pull it a couple of times, and Mike a couple of times, those are the only ones I know of in the big leagues.
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There's probably no doubt in my mind he's the MVP of the league. There's no fanfare with him.
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I would assume that, but I can't guarantee that, I don't know. I'd have to see what Louie says and what the trainer says. Right now he didn't think it was anything major, but you never know.
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I can teach, ... I have nine grandkids.
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We baby them too much, ... That's why we don't have the Jim Kaats and Don Suttons and Nolan Ryans anymore.