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
best certainly
It was the best way to go, ... and certainly the most nerve-racking.
bat difficult innings late ninth swing tie
It's awfully difficult going into the late innings with a one-run lead, especially the ninth inning. One swing of the bat can tie it up.
spring surprised
That's about as surprised as I've been this Spring Training.
bunt choice good great runner second
With no outs and a runner on second, it's a good play. It was his choice to get the runner over like that, and it was his second great bunt in two nights.
lists minds names putting together
We're putting together lists of names and are narrowing it down. It's important in our minds to do this quickly. But it's more important that we get the right guy.
guy job looking offense
We're looking for a guy who can do the job defensively, first of all. Offense would be a plus.
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We're sitting there in the middle of the game and all of a sudden a rat walked into our dugout. It must have been about six or seven inches long. It took a while for someone from the grounds crew to come get it, put it in a box and take it away.
guys holding invented japan seen somebody trick year
Usually it's two guys holding the victim, but this was even better. I think this trick was invented when Abner Doubleday started this game, and every year there's somebody who hasn't seen it. We had to go all the way to Japan to find someone this time.
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I honestly believe what we're seeing is Joel getting confidence and arm strength, ... We're just seeing him get strong and believe in that strength. He had a great changeup.
arm believe confidence gaining honestly seeing
I honestly believe what we're seeing is Joel gaining confidence and arm strength,
asked bet favorite gone guys mention poll taken
I haven't gone around and taken a poll -- and I won't -- but I would bet if you went out and asked all those guys about their favorite teammates, a lot of them would mention Kenji as one of them.
aspects ball bases club lapse played sixth
I think all aspects of our ball club played well, we just had that one lapse in the sixth inning with the bases loaded.
warming
I probably would not use him for more than one inning. And if I got him warming up in the bullpen, I'd want to get him in the game.
certainly coming side spring talk
If you talk to Jeremy, he'll tell you that offensively he's disappointed. He certainly was not what we had anticipated coming out of Spring Training, but on the other side of it, defensively he has been outstanding, more than what we had anticipated.