Mark Kotsay
Mark Kotsay
Mark Steven Kotsayis an American professional baseball coach and a former Major League outfielder. In 2016, he will serve as the bench coach for the Oakland Athletics...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth2 December 1975
definitely eighth falling games gave goal guy guys quote short teams ultimate
We definitely battled. Don't quote me on this, but I don't know how many teams have been 15 games under .500 and did what we did. This is my eighth season, and -- I've never had this much fulfillment before. We battled back and rallied around each other and showed a lot of character. Every guy gave his heart. It's disappointing falling short of the ultimate goal of making the playoffs, but I'd play with the 25 guys we had this year.
last opportunity sweep
We still have the opportunity now, if we sweep (the Angels), to come out even for the last weekend.
crazy good
Tomorrow, as long as I don't do anything crazy today. I feel good today.
guys hitters offense ups
Young hitters are going to go through their ups and downs. When the offense was hot, those two guys were contributing most of the time.
ball came chance field sun toughest
This is the toughest sun field in the big leagues; it's no secret. I never had a chance to set up. The ball never came out of the sun.
expect great hit shoulder
It hit my tip. I couldn't get it into the web. It was a little more over my right shoulder than I anticipated. It would have been a great play to make. It wasn't necessarily one that I expect to make.
answer
It got away from us early. When we did try to answer back, they had another answer right back for us. They never let us take a breath.
both definitely guess guys jason
He's definitely into the game. He's very intense. Both of those guys are. I guess something was said, and Jason kind of snapped.
asked
He did what you asked for again! Now what, Daddy?
errors field game last throwing time
The field is fast, ... Last time I made two errors in a game were throwing errors. I usually don't look that bad.
allowed coming contract definitely foresee good handle offers ourselves players respect themselves
I know contract offers were exchanged, and they probably couldn't foresee themselves coming to terms. I think he definitely had a respect for the players and allowed us to handle ourselves as professionals. He was just a good guy.
writes
I'm not the one who writes the lineup.
flu sick
It was just a 24-hour flu thing. I was pretty sick on Sunday.
answered came flat foot game half kept neck team
How can a team be flat when you know what you have on the line? We know what this game means. We know what every game means. We're not going to come out flat on Sept. 21 when we're a game and a half out. They came out, they jumped on us, they never let us up. We scored three. They answered back. They kept their foot on our neck and never let us breathe. That's what the game was today.