Mark Sweeney
Mark Sweeney
Mark Patrick Sweeneyis a former first baseman in Major League Baseball. He is best known for his skill as a pinch hitter, where he ranks second in career pinch hits with 175 and first in career pinch hit runs batted in with 102...
glue holds team
He's the glue that holds this team together.
cog contract glue parts spare
He's the glue of our team. I've said that all along. Spare parts are very important, but he's the one cog we can't really miss. He'll make any contract look reasonable.
air almost asked barry whether
It was up in the air whether Barry would do this. We asked him this morning. It was almost embarrassing to have him do it.
division
Our division is something that we should be competitive in.
loss paul seeing teammate tough
Seeing Paul go is a really tough loss for us. It's tough to take because of the person and teammate he has been.
normal run special
We have some special 40-year-olds here. We don't have the normal 40-year-olds that can't run around.
answered deserve division hang stayed
We hang in there. It hasn't always been fun. It hasn't always been pretty. But we've answered every challenge. We stayed on top. We deserve to be division champions.
amazed channel focus places teammates trade
That's the thing we focus on as teammates in the dugout. We're amazed that he can channel that out as well as he does. At times, it can get real vicious. I wouldn't want to trade places with him, I can tell you that.
bring magic
What we've got to do is bring the magic of May to October. We did it once. Who knows?
atmosphere good hopefully turns
But the atmosphere here is good -- hopefully this turns into a story of us doing well.
goal next struggle win won
We don't look at it as struggle. We look at it as a victory. We won the West. That was our first job. The next goal is to win the next one.
ball bit close easier games hold leads learn ninth winning
We are winning the one-run ball games and especially the close games in the ninth inning and that's a boost. However, we need to learn how to hold leads a little bit better and make it easier for ourselves.
bottom package top understanding
It's not just being aggressive. It's the whole package from top to bottom of attentiveness, of sensitivity, of response, of timeliness, of understanding (prospects) and their business.
night weird
It's not the end of the world. It's a weird night.