Leo Mazzone
Leo Mazzone
Leo David Mazzoneis a former pitcher in minor league baseball and pitching coach in Major League Baseball. He worked with the Atlanta Braves' organization from 1979 to 2005 and was the pitching coach for the Baltimore Orioles from 2006 to 2007...
intensity mean solid
He's a solid guy, a solid pitcher. Just because he's soft-spoken doesn't mean there's not a lot of intensity there.
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The reason we have won so many ERA titles here is because of him. We definitely appreciate him. You are talking about the best center fielder since Willie Mays. Everyone around here knows what he has meant to us this season.
approach dictates mental
More of it's the mental approach, because the mental approach dictates your mechanics,
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I think his slider has been nasty, and it's been setting up his heater, ... I think he's been going into the game and he's got two choices. He can use his power to set up the slider and he can use his slider to set up the power. Whatever way he thinks is best that particular night, that's the way he should go.
ball came contact face left next straight traveled
That ball left Andruw's bat, traveled about 450 feet, and the next contact it made was with my freakin' head. That thing came straight out of the sky. Then I was face down in the bullpen.
ask ready
He may be ready tomorrow; I'll have to ask him how he's feeling.
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Hudson was outstanding on short rest, one of the best games he's pitched all year. Good control. He was in total command.
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He had the greatest nickname of any pitcher -- 'The Chairman of the Board'.
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He still has the full package. He has movement, he has change of speeds, change of directions.
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I know he can manage in the big leagues and manage successfully, ... He handled the situation extremely well as far as I'm concerned. He did a hell of a job.
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In the short time I've worked with him, he shows me that he can be a top-flight guy. At some point in time, he can be a No. 1 starter.
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I'm honored to go to Baltimore, just like I was honored to be the pitching coach in Atlanta for 15 years,
If you're locating your pitches, ... it doesn't matter.
crucial lay
He wouldn't lay it out there. But he'd let them put something in play that he wouldn't let them put in play in a crucial situation.