Mike Matheny
Mike Matheny
Michael Scott Mathenyis an American former professional baseball catcher and the current manager of the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball, a position he has held since 2012. A product of the University of Michigan, Matheny was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the eighth round of the 1991 MLB Draft. He made his MLB debut for the Brewers in 1994 and retired in 2006 with the San Francisco Giants. He also played for the Toronto Blue Jays and...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 September 1970
CityColumbus, OH
hard mentality ourselves pushing responsibility takes
It takes a mentality to keep pushing here. We have the responsibility to ourselves to play as hard as we can.
focusing guys insult nice team thinking winning
It will be nice when he returns. Any team would like him in the lineup. But we've been focusing on winning games, and other guys are playing. It would be an insult to them to be thinking of him.
fun guy seen time
That guy is nasty. That was the first time I've seen him. He's no joke. He's going to have some fun in this league.
brad good great pitching seen stage willing
The young pitching is really impressive. Cain is as good as I've seen at his stage of development. Brad Hennessey (5-8, 4.64) has made big strides. It's been great working with these guys, very gratifying, because they're so willing to learn.
brad good great pitching seen stage willing
The young pitching is really impressive, ... Cain is as good as I've seen at his stage of development. Brad Hennessey (5-8, 4.64) has made big strides. It's been great working with these guys, very gratifying, because they're so willing to learn.
bored boring drab giving start
They're probably going to get bored with me because I'm going to start giving them pretty much plain, drab answers, just premeditated boring stuff.
kept pitchers rolling veteran
That's why you keep veteran pitchers here. He kept us rolling and kept his composure. He's versatile, ageless.
composure gets great guys keeps last pitchers ready veteran worked
That's why you keep veteran pitchers around. Those guys don't get too worked up. They're ready for any situation. He comes in, and the first is a great pitch and he gets out of the inning. Then he gets us rolling, and after our big inning he keeps his composure and gets a shutdown inning. He did that a lot last year. He's ageless.
barry becomes exact fans gets himself influence media ready spend start thinking time
Once we get in here, we start getting ready for the game. Barry is the exact same way. He comes in and gets himself ready. What the fans and what the media make of him as a person, that becomes a distraction. It doesn't influence what I do on the field, so I don't spend much time thinking about it.
deserve fact guess helping praise struggling
I acknowledged the fact that when they were struggling I was not helping them, so ... ... ... I guess I deserve some praise for helping them now.
basically cares guys label respect surprised
The label surprised me because of how defensive-minded he is and how much he cares about the position. That's basically how I'm wired. I respect guys who respect the position.
perseverance games feel-good
I didn't feel good today- little things here and there- but that's the nature of this game. You just keep pushing, being mentally and physically ready. Some days are better than others, but even if you don't feel so good, you get yourself going.
character valleys forged
Character is forged not on the mountaintop but in the valley.
who-i-am giving excellence
I don't want to cower at somebody's interpretation of what I'm about. I'm supposed to be doing it and I'm going to throw this word out there-with excellence. There's no reason for me to give anything less that all I've got in everything I do. That's scriptural. For me, that's the foundation of who I am.