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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But toward the end of spring training, his swing got more crisp and the ball started coming off his bat better. With good hitters, you see that happening. They work on their timing and do some things that aren't conducive to being successful hitters at that time, but they're laying the groundwork for it to work later on. We're certainly seeing his swing turn around.
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He's thrown strikes when he's pitched. He's shown a good breaking ball, which we knew he had.
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He's just a good player. He's a good hitter, a good defender and a good baserunner. He's a tremendous role model for all our younger players.
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Hopefully, we'll use him three or four times. There is nothing wrong with his arm. It was just dead the other day.
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I don't know if there is anyone in the American League who has played the position better than Jeremy. He certainly has played well for us.
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He swings the bat and we can use every good bat we can get. I'm very excited about him joining the ball club.
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He threw a lot of strikes and got a lot of ground balls. I really expected him to throw a complete game. But the Angels have an awfully good ballclub and you have to keep them down when they are down.
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When I say Dan Wilson is one of the good guys, for me, that's the ultimate compliment. Very few of us, in all walks of life, rarely say and do the same thing. There's nothing phony about Dan Wilson. He talks the talk and walks the walk. Anytime someone like that leaves, we're all worse off for it.
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We had a coach who was with Albert at every level Albert went. He was Albert's babysitter, for lack of a better word. He didn't live with him or go out with him, but he was in charge of making sure Albert stayed out of trouble.
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Two-out hits to drive in runs are huge. They are momentum killers to the other side.
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Two or three of them we could have kept for another week, but to get one inning in a week is not good for them or us. Sending them down makes sense, let them get ready for the season.
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The good ones you have to get as early as you can. He settled down more quickly than we hoped. Washburn settled down, too, but not as quickly. That was the game: Santana settled down and gave up one run, and Jarrod settled down and gave up four.
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We pitched well for four innings. The sad thing is you have to pitch well for nine innings.
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We pitched well for four innings and we didn't pitch well for five. The sad thing is you need to pitch well for nine innings.