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
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Hernandez left two pitches up in the zone, and that turned out to be the difference in the game.
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We'll probably send him to the instructional league. I'm not sure, but we've been talking about it.
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Give me an easy chair and a glass of tea and I can watch him swing the bat all day long.
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Getting outscored 33-1 in Detroit, that's like a perfect storm. It's one of those things that don't happen very often. Thank goodness or we'd all probably commit suicide.
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I don't know that he was awe-struck, but he was terribly excited.
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I don't anticipate it taking him a long time to catch up. Kenji is a good baseball player, number one, and it has been my experience that good players know how to get people out.
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I couldn't look at that last pitch. I found something on the dugout floor to look at.
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I anticipate the starter going five or six, and Gil going two or three. When he gets through that, we'll look at putting him in the rotation.
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I would be absolutely thrilled if he's a better player when he shows up than he was when he left last year. Lopez needs a better focus. He needs to stay in the center of the field with his hitting. We really need to stay on him every hour of every day to stay in the middle of the field and stay focused on what it is he's trying to accomplish.
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If they're looking forward to days off, they're geared more toward July and August than April and May. Then there's some who don't want them at all.
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I didn't like it that our guys threw so many balls. They were all throwing strikes pitching in the bullpen. It is amazing what happens when you put a hitter at the plate.
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I'd just as soon shut him down after the season is over. He's pitched enough.
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I don't do this to be vindictive or to punish someone. I do it to get Adrian on track because we need him to be the player his talent says he can be. And I think he will.
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I was real pleased with how he threw the ball. He was down in the strike zone and threw well.