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
ball calls difficult hard learn pitches pleased receives worked
I've been very, very pleased with how he receives the ball and how he calls a game, the pitches he's called. It's difficult to learn the pitchers, but he's worked hard at it.
eddie pitches spring threw
Eddie threw more pitches in that inning than he did all spring training.
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On the whole it was a good outing. There were a lot of times when Gil over-threw and cost himself a higher pitch count early. But he seemed to settle down in the third, fourth and fifth, got the ball down and made pitches when he needed to.
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.
difference left pitches turned
Hernandez left two pitches up in the zone, and that turned out to be the difference in the game.
amazing balls guys happens hitter pitching strikes threw throwing
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.
four nine pitch sad
We pitched well for four innings. The sad thing is you have to pitch well for nine innings.
four innings nine pitch sad
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.
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.
easy guys pitches start struggling taking
When you're struggling like we were, it's easy to start pressing. Our guys didn't do that. We started taking more pitches and getting into better counts.
against ball pitches threw
Our pitches got very tentative. You can't get tentative against a lineup like the Yankees. We threw ball one, ball two.
ball pitchers throwing
Our pitchers got tentative, started throwing ball one, ball two, and when you do that you're going to be in trouble.
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.