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
Nobody worked harder than Maz. I know he worked very, very hard at getting that team and their whole organization going in the right direction. But when it doesn't happen, you're accountable. That's the life of anybody who's in this position. If you're not moving the organization forward, they make you pass the baton to somebody else.
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.
That might have been the best five starts any team could have gotten in any series.
Against any team, and particularly against a team like the Yankees, you have to finish innings. You have to finish hitters, and you have to finish innings.
I don't know if there's any pattern, other than the fact that it looks like the number of teams that are going to contend has expanded because a lot of teams have stepped it up a level.
Hopefully, he feels at a level that he is able to finish the spring in left. If he can get out there in left field, it means we have a deeper team with more options.
We feel we have a good young arm going against those guys, and the only way you're going to beat pitching is to match them pitch for pitch.
We certainly set the table, but we couldn't get that hit with guys in scoring position. (Rodrigo Lopez) made some pitches to put some guys away that were on the money, and we just couldn't put pressure on him. We just couldn't get that one hit to kind of get things going.
The way he carried himself on the field, the little things he did made a difference in what his pitchers could do. He was terrific.
Edgardo is a guy that has played at a very high level for a lot of years, and he has an experienced right-handed bat.
Ervin was a little bit shy on command, but when he needed to make pitches he did.
Esteban is throwing the ball better than he had at any point last year so that is encouraging. There is going to be some decision to made that may or may not involve Esteban, but there is competition at every level. As long as he throws the ball like he is capable, then he should be a part of it. He had some rough spots last year.
Our defense has been there all year for us. This is out of the blue, really. Everything you could've messed up, we messed up out there.
Brandon has made some great strides. There was a little bit of question that he would be too big to play shortstop, but he has proved to be a premium talent. He has dynamite in his bat. His challenge now is to step up to better pitching and to excel at a higher level.