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 going to need Tim and it was good to see him square one up.
What he has to do now is regain some stamina to become a starter again. He has as good a stuff as anyone.
We're good at situational baseball. And running the bases well is more important offensively than anything we do.
This win was a good win for the team and gave us a big lift. We have to focus on winning from here on out.
The only way you can beat Oakland is with good pitching. You've got to match them pitch by pitch.
The only way to overcome this is to grind it out. There's no easy fix. We're a good club and we'll get it back.
I think his stuff was good and he was the guy that we really needed to get out of that jam and finish the inning for us. Unfortunately they grabbed the lead and they held it there.
That's a tough lineup, and you have to make pitches in good locations to get them out. I think he got a little too fine in some counts.
I think it was a terrific effort against a good club and considering the circumstances of being in a pennant race.
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.
The velocity is matching the command and he's getting good results.
We were facing a real potpourri of pitchers, ... Everyone who came in the game made good pitches. All of those guys, they've got some good young arms. Woodyard had good stuff. Fortunately, we got to them late.
Umpiring of baseball has been around since Day 1 and some calls are missed, but most of the time they get it right, ... Instant replay in baseball? I don't know if it is ever going to be such a plus that is should be a part of our game. There are plays that are going to be bang bang. But you have to absorb that and play good baseball.
We did a lot of good things. We played more the type of game we need ... and we brought our game on to the field today. That's what we have to do on a consistent basis.