Mickey Hatcher
Mickey Hatcher
Michael Vaughn Hatcheris a former Major League Baseball player and coach. Most notably, he was Kirk Gibson's replacement for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1988 World Series, batting .368with two home runs and five RBI...
crew gone good great hope moved nasty umpire
We've moved on as a team. This is a good umpiring crew ? even the umpire that's gone through all of this. He's done a great job. I just hope all this doesn't become nasty today.
dark game good guy hard lived played playing spring telling took
It took him away from playing the game he loved. The guy lived for that. He lived for Spring Training, he lived for the game of baseball. That was a dark day. When he couldn't play the game the way he wanted, it was really frustrating for him. There is no telling how many more years he could have played and how many more good years he could have had. It was hard on him.
good hitters survive
Good hitters make adjustments and he has been making adjustments. You don't do that, you're not going to survive at this level, but he's been doing that.
both drive gets good hands mistake strong swing
He's got power; that's why he gets triples. It's not just his speed. He has a short, strong swing both right-handed and left-handed. He has good hands and if you make a mistake he will drive it.
believe challenge guys handle hit lights pitchers room seen spring start training turning
I've seen guys hit .900 in Spring Training and when the lights go on, they struggle. The challenge is when opposing pitchers start turning it up a notch. But there is not a guy in this room that doesn't believe he can't handle the challenge.
nobody
There's nobody like him. He has one plan, and that's to go up with the idea of getting a hit.
crew everybody great heard hope listening moved nasty positive radios sad umpire
We've moved on as a team. What's really sad about it, and I think everybody will agree, is that this umpiring crew is a great crew. We like this umpire crew. I've been listening to the radios and everything, and I haven't heard any really positive things about what's going on. ... He's done a great job. I just hope all this doesn't become nasty today.
imagine
I can't imagine it will be like this tomorrow.
frustrated offensive replay saw sit threw umpire
I got frustrated because I saw the replay and I read his lips. I went out and the umpire threw me out and I got mad. You can't just sit back. It was an offensive play and I was frustrated.
answers games gone turned
I don't have any answers for you. We've gone through a lot of games like this and we've gone and turned it around.
answers clicking confidence happened playing team
I don't have answers for it. I just don't see a confidence level. They're playing hard, they're competing. Everything's fine. Right now, we're just not clicking in the game. It's happened to our team a lot.
few fly hours maybe overhead plane stay
Maybe we should just have a plane fly us around overhead for a few hours so we can stay on this schedule.
pitch threw
The pitch Moyer threw had to be a foot-and-a-half off the plate.
credit gone stopped team year
I give Finley a lot of credit. The kind of year he's gone through has been very frustrating for him, but that hasn't stopped him from being a team guy.