Mike Scioscia
Mike Scioscia
Michael Lorri Sciosciais an American former Major League Baseball catcher and current manager for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He has worked in that capacity since the 2000 season, and is currently the longest-tenured manager in Major League Baseball. As a player, Scioscia made his major league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1980. He was selected to two All-Star Games and won two World Series over the course of his 13-year MLB career, which was spent entirely...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 November 1958
CityUpper Darby, PA
Domination is not even a word that's in anybody's vocabulary,
None of our pitchers are in Chicago. We're going to use every pitcher we need tonight to get past tonight's game.
It's written into the fabric of baseball that with games on the line that have bearing on the race, you try and put your best lineup out there.
It's not going to be commonplace we bang out 17 hits. But when you do, and you combine that with aggressive running, you come up with eight runs.
It's not anywhere near what he did three months ago, where he missed that much time.
The ball didn't come down where Figgy thought it would, but it certainly wasn't a routine play.
It seems like we've come to this point numerous times this season, where you wonder if you're over the bump in the road and things are going to start to click, ... This would be a good time for it.
It was special. It was his first start and it was my first Opening Day. But the circumstances of how it came about, him being 20 and me being 22, made it all the more incredible.
It was a swing, our catcher caught it, Doug Hennings called him out. Somewhere a long the line because the guy ran to first base he altered the call.
It was a swing. Our catcher caught it. Doug Eddings called him out and somewhere along the line, because the guy ran to first base, (Eddings) altered the call, ... When an umpire calls a guy out and you're the catcher, and I've caught my share of them, he's out. He didn't call swing, he rang him up with his fist and said 'You're out.'
It's tough for Izzy. This guy worked so hard and on a lot of clubs he'd be a starting shortstop. You watch him on the practice field and see the passion he has for baseball. He loves it. It's just a bump in the road for him. He'll get healthy.
The velocity is matching the command and he's getting good results.
That is not necessarily a good thing and not necessarily a bad thing at this point of the season. There is a danger of a guy getting cranked up for a competition that is going to be more intense. But I don't feel there is any benefit for it, no.
That is unwarranted that he got tossed. An opposition batter charges the mound and our pitcher gets tossed? That is an absolute joke.