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
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.
conversation minutes sit understand
Nothing I would like more than (to) sit down 30 minutes for a conversation with him. He'd probably understand how I feel. That won't happen.
discomfort
He's probably still going to be in some discomfort during the game.
good help maybe opportunity spring training
Gator's been a big help to me over my 10 years here. It was an opportunity for me to come down to spring training and maybe help him out a little bit. At the same time, I thought it would be good for me. So here I am.
decision rather
I'd rather it be my decision than theirs.
giving options percent time until
I'm not giving you anything that's 100 percent until after the season, when I have time to really think about it. There are some options out there.
manager
I laughed, ... My first thought was 'What about Joe?' To congratulate the other team's manager and not Joe?
answer
I really can't answer that one way or the other.
everybody needs repair
In my opinion, yes. I don't know how to repair it, but in my opinion, yeah, something needs to be done to have everybody always on the same page.
great hitting saw
The league's hitting .193 off Eddie. He's been great for us all year, ... You saw tonight, he's down to 87-88 (mph). He's been 91-93 in the past.
laugh laughter
I'm over that. It did for a while. I laugh at that, too.
huge means
That's a huge number. We went through a lot this season. This one, without question, is the sweetest. This one means a lot to me.
sure
I'm not sure I'm going to retire, ... there are other options.
assume sort understand
I only know what was said, and that sort of thing, and I understand how they do things. I would assume it was probably pretty close.