Mike Hargrove
Mike Hargrove
Dudley Michael Hargroveis a former Major League Baseball first baseman and manager. He is currently employed as an advisor with the Cleveland Indians. Hargrove batted and threw left-handed. He played for the Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, and Cleveland Indians. After retiring, he went on to manage the Indians, Baltimore Orioles, and Seattle Mariners...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth26 October 1949
against batting considered happen intrigued managing realm since talk unless
I've always been intrigued by Ichiro batting third. I was when I was managing against him, and I have been since I've been his manager. It's not out of the realm of possibility that it could happen (someday). There's nothing like that being considered now. And there won't be, unless I talk to Ichiro first. And that's not on the calendar.
five gave seeing throw warm wish
Seeing him throw like that gave me a warm feeling. I wish we had five more just like him.
decision pitches sitting sixth wondering
Did he have no-hit stuff? Yeah, I think so. I was sitting there in the sixth wondering how many pitches to let him go for a no-hitter. He's young and big and strong, and he had only 83 going into the seventh. ... I'd have let him go 130 pitches. I'd like to have had that decision to make.
game gave given pitching result saw
We saw the result of him not pitching in a game for 14 days. Even given that, he gave up only two hits.
break closer desert duck finally last possible trying
You finally break through and at the last possible second. Then your closer comes in and you scuffle like a duck in the desert trying to get that win.
bell buddy close friend hope leave personal streak winning wish worst
You don't wish something like that on anybody. What they're going through, you don't wish that on your worst enemy. Buddy Bell is a real close personal friend of mine. I hope they go on a winning streak when they leave here.
bases chance polished scoring worse
There's nothing worse than loading the bases and scoring one run. Jose is still not a polished player, but he has a chance to become one.
earlier fly march starts tournament
The tournament there starts March 3, which is earlier than it starts here. It wouldn't make much sense for him to fly here, then fly back.
aware certainly extent keeping pitfalls protect sharp steer trying
We don't protect him to the extent that we go around keeping him away from sharp objects. But we're certainly trying to be aware of the pitfalls that are there and we try to steer him away from those.
almost easy extended gave good indians innings needed seeing shut somebody swinging
We really needed somebody to come in and shut the Indians down. Seeing how well they're swinging the bats, that's not an easy proposition. He gave us two very good innings and almost gave us three. We really extended him and he responded well.
finally game pulling won
We finally won our first extra-inning game and our first one-run game. When these things end, the way they end is usually like pulling teeth.
fun played
We played well all night, and that made for a fun evening.
hits nine three
We had nine hits and scored three runs. Sometimes you don't get the hits when you need them.
great lacking runs slide
That was a great slide and we got two runs out of it. That is something we have been lacking all year.