Mel Stottlemyre
Mel Stottlemyre
Melvin Leon "Mel" Stottlemyre, Sr.is an American former professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach. He played for 11 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, and coached for 23 seasons. He is a five-time MLB All-Star and five-time World Series champion, as a coach...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth13 November 1941
CityTexas County, MO
beat club clubs deal people played problems seen similar sort teams
You've seen the way the club played at the end of the year. A lot of other clubs with similar problems that we had and that sort of thing, the individuals he has to deal with here, a lot of other teams would have collapsed. A lot of people think we collapsed; we just got beat by a better team.
late moment spur
This isn't a spur of the moment decision. I made it in late May.
obviously somebody time
I think it's time for somebody new. I've been here for 10 years, and they obviously want to make some changes.
change help somebody time
I think it's time for somebody new, ... I've been here 10 years. They obviously, probably, are going to want to make a change anyway. I'll help them out a little bit. This is one change they don't have to make. I'm making it for them.
best
I think it was very unprofessional. When you're getting your butt kicked, sometimes you have to take it the best you can.
addition arm erratic good great saw throwing time today
I saw him today for the first time throwing BP. He's got great arm strength. He was a little erratic today command-wise. Obviously, he's got good stuff. I think he's going to be a great addition for them.
leave people satisfy sets
I would tell him what it's like and I wouldn't leave anything out, ... You've got to satisfy two sets of people here and it shouldn't be that way.
ate laugh
It ate at me for a while, ... but I laugh at that, too.
ask felt good protect threw
Overall, he threw well. We couldn't ask for too much more than what he did. We wanted him to go 80 pitches, and that's what he had through five. He felt good and wanted to continue, but we've still got to protect him a little bit.
game guy keeping spoke throwing
I just spoke to Moose, ... He's been doing his throwing out there, keeping tabs on what's going on. If there's a Game 5, he's the guy I'd want to be on the mound.
good problem
I have no problem with George, ... He's been very good to me.
sure
I'm not sure I'm going to retire. That's all I can say. But there's another part of that.
proud
I'm as proud of him for that as anything he's done. He emptied the tank.
conscious great hard kept mean running stolen worked
They worked real hard at that. Jorge Posada does a great job. It's been a two-way thing. (The pitchers) are very conscious of their running game. It doesn't mean they're not going to get stolen bases, but we've kept them from running wild.