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
behind couple games hitter last problem stays
Redman's problem the last couple of games is he stays behind hitters. The hitter has the advantage,
baby jim nolan
We baby them too much, ... That's why we don't have the Jim Kaats and Don Suttons and Nolan Ryans anymore.
assume guarantee says trainer
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.
nine
I can teach, ... I have nine grandkids.
ball doubt hitters mess
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.
five pitches six stuff throw throwing walking
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.
bullets bullpen dodging five guys luck picked rest runs share six
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.
ball doubt gives goes good hitters mess outing time
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.
help loved win
He does all the little things that help you win a game. That's the thing I loved about him.
net
We're going to get a net so he can't go through the dugout.
struggling
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.
speed should percentages
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.
jobs pay want
Security is something when you don't have any confidence and you want somebody to pay you when you don't do the job.