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
couple eddie felt hold last matter talked
We had really pitched Eddie a lot the last couple of weeks. We talked before the game, and he told me he felt good. But we just felt that we should hold him out, no matter what.
ball happened talked
We don't know what happened to him. He had a 14-pitch first and a 38-pitch second, and when we talked to him after that, he said couldn't say why he couldn't get the ball where he wanted.
ask talked
I think it was a little indecisive. You would have to ask him. We talked to him.
caught indecisive land saw talked
I think he was a little indecisive once he saw the ball. We have talked to him. He just got caught out in no-man's land and couldn't get back.
contract talked
We haven't talked to Mel and we haven't talked about Mel. He's still under contract with the Yankees.
ball blowing good homer wind
I know the wind was blowing out, but that ball was spanked, so it probably would have been a homer regardless. And that's good to see.
bragging common deep flowery love tells trying
I'm really trying not to go off the deep end bragging about this guy. I'd love to tell you the flowery things I'm thinking, but common sense tells me I shouldn't go down that road.
ball base coming everybody guys jobs putting scoring supposed
Everyone is doing what they're supposed to do. Guys around our big guys are getting on base and into scoring position, and our big guys are putting the ball in play and coming through. Everybody is doing their jobs offensively.
ball hit wrong
The ball was hit well, just to the wrong place.
barely patty scale
On a scale of 1-10, this is barely a 1. This is patty cake.
guns people problem rather swinging swung walks wonder
After the walks some people will wonder why Carl swung at the first pitch, but I didn't have a problem with it. We had one of our big guns at the plate. I'd rather have him swinging there.
control innings talk
I'm not going to talk about the umpire. Let's talk about something we can control, ... The first two innings were very non-typical of his outings this year.
few good guys pleased step threw waiting woods
I'm especially pleased with the way Woods threw the ball. And Gonzalez. It's good to see those guys step up. We've been waiting for it for a few weeks, and it's still not too late.
full interested seeing strength
I'm interested to see him. I don't know that we'll see him at full strength, but I'm kind of interested in seeing what he can do for us.