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...
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.
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.
call gave goes guy spark steals struggling win
You can tell that call gave them a lift. The guy steals second, they win the game, the place goes crazy. They were struggling just like we were. That little spark got them going.
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.
dangerous healthy
When he is healthy, he is dangerous. We want to keep him healthy so he can be dangerous all the time.
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.
imagine
I can't imagine it will be like this tomorrow.
watch
He'll get pissed off, and you'd better watch out. They don't want to piss him off ---- they want to keep him quiet.
batting might predicting record title win
He might win a batting title one day. I'll go on record as predicting 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.