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
game hit pitching staff sticks time
Absolutely. He handles the pitching staff very well. He has an idea out there and sticks with a game plan. We'd like to see him hit more, but there's time for that.
matt perplexing
It's kind of been perplexing not to be able to get Matt the at-bats.
huge
It's just a little different look. It's not a huge deal.
good learn throw
It's good to have them throw together. I think they can learn from each other a little bit.
ball dave kept nice pitch threw throwing
Dave threw the ball well and kept it down. That's the way to pitch best, throwing the ball nice and easy.
against run situation team
You don't very often get out of a bases-loaded, nobody-out situation without a run being scored. Especially against a team like that,
betting double run steal throwing tonight tried
You don't try a double steal very often, but we tried it tonight and it worked. When you run a double steal, you're betting on them throwing through. When they don't, it makes you look awfully foolish.
discussion happened limiting saw
There was no discussion of limiting his innings. And you saw what happened to him.
reminded spring weeks
It reminded me of the first two weeks of Spring Training. But they'll be better.
numbers tough year
For a lot of players, Adrian's numbers would be good. But it's been a tough year for him.
excuse longer ourselves playing point record telling time tired
It's the same old record and I'm getting tired of playing it. It's still early. We've got to keep telling ourselves that. But there comes to a point in time where that excuse no longer works.
badly came feeling good indication miss shut threw typical
It's not very typical of him to miss as badly as he missed. That was an indication that he was feeling it tonight. But he shut them down pretty good and came back and threw well.
anybody feeling field fine kept saying seen taken time
It's the first time I've ever seen anybody play the field with a shinguard on. He kept saying it was fine and that he was feeling better. If he'd have said it was the same or getting worse, I'd have taken him out of the game.
benefit certainly ready rest run
It was certainly the most nerve-wracking way to go. But we'll benefit in the long run by having him ready for the rest of the month.