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...
atmosphere good hopefully turns
But the atmosphere here is good -- hopefully this turns into a story of us doing well.
atmosphere attention business easy good hopefully turns
It's attention you know is going to happen. It's easy to go about our business every day and do our job. It's not a big deal. But the atmosphere here is good -- hopefully this turns into a story of us doing well.
best field game good last played player
He's done it for years so good and so effortlessly. To me, he's the best player in the game. Having him on the field makes us that much better, and if it is his last year, to say you've played with the best player in the game is special.
almost good head throw took
He can throw a good one. He almost took my head off today. I didn't know where it was going. But in a game? He'd get killed. It's one thing to play catch. It's another thing to pitch.
coming good guys quiet total wants
He's a quiet guy. He wants to take it all in. A lot of these guys coming up are spoon-fed how good they are even before they have success, and he's the total opposite.
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?
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.