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
boo cheer pitchers react seems walk
Every place seems to react to him the same way. They boo him. They cheer him. They boo the pitchers who walk him. I don't think it'll be any different than any other city.
came class demands fan jack love understood
We would love it when Jack came to the clubhouse. He understood the demands of the sport. It wasn't just like he was a fan of his son. He was a fan of all of us. He was a class, class man, and J.T. is the same way.
depth
To have that depth is not something a lot of organizations have.
high priority putting slap sound
It didn't sound like they were putting him high on the priority list. I know that's a slap in the face.
beautiful game knew needed realized time work
That was beautiful to see the first time out. I think that's just something he did on his own, something in his game he knew he realized he needed to work on.
care letting tomorrow trouble view
I don't view it. It's meaningless to me. I could care less. We've got to come back tomorrow and play that game. Right now I'm having trouble letting this one go.
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.
fix needed screwed
Those are the little things I need to do, ... It was the right play. I had screwed it up twice, so I needed to fix it.
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.
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.
guy
That guy is nasty. How old is he?
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.
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.