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
We're seeing a steady progression with Bart, but Escobar is going through the roof. He's ready. He's really picked it up.
We are at the point of the year where if you push him back, it could mean one less start at the end of the year. We need to make sure that he can pitch. If we do push him back, we want to make sure we have the matchups we need at the end of the season.
We absorbed non-production from some guys the best we could,
Walking around town, I had people coming up to me just thanking me for their grandparents who were deceased that were Angel fans back in the early 1960s.
I think the important thing, ... is for us is to bring our style of play into the game.
Wash is a little green behind the gills, still, but he's going to be OK.
Tim Salmon, his groin got a little bit tight. Francisco, a little cramp in his hamstring.
To be blunt, we have to stop hanging breaking balls to him.
When you're not swinging the bats well you look flat. Our club was ready to go. We had a lot of energy.
When you're not swinging the bats well, you look flat.
We won't know for a couple days, but we don't anticipate him missing a start.
We'll see how things set up. There are things we're looking at. Certainly we want to give Bart as many starts as we can, and the same with John Lackey.
Our starting rotation has been the heartbeat of our club,
A lot of times the pitch you need to get a guy out is either out of the zone or in the dirt and you need to block the ball or tag the guy out. Our guys work on that and our pitchers need to have confidence to throw that pitch.