Mike Sweeney
Mike Sweeney
Michael John "Mike" Sweeneyis a former Major League Baseball first baseman. Sweeney played his first 13 seasons in the majors with the Kansas City Royals, first as a catcher and then at first base. Sweeney also played for the Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, and Philadelphia Phillies. On March 25, 2011, Sweeney retired from baseball. He now works as a special assistant for the Kansas City Royals. Sweeney was inducted into the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame on August 15,...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 July 1973
CityOrange, CA
There have been times this year, through health or just not performing well, I haven't helped this team win ballgames,
To be named one of the finalists for the Marvin Miller Award is an honor for me,
We wanted to pull this one out for Skipper, with the pain he's going through.
We came close tonight, but in baseball that's not good enough. Tough loss.
We are embarrassed. We're hurting in here, and we should be.
It's not like we're incapable of winning. We're just in a rut right now. It's a big rut, though.
It was a great day for us. To win two from a couple good starting pitchers ... to just get on a winning track, that's what we need going into next year.
It was a great day for us, ... To win two from a couple good starting pitchers ... to just get on a winning track, that's what we need going into next year.
It was the best first day of 2006.
They came to me and asked me about the rumors. I said, 'Hey, look, they're a great team.' But if you see a quote from me that says I want to be traded, it's not true.
We still only have 39 wins, but every person on the roster was into the game from the first pitch on. We were coming off the bench giving high-fives. We had a good shot in the arm of life. The win was a big part of that.
This late in the year, ... we put the emphasis on not quitting and definitely not packing our bags until that last out in Toronto.
Any loss is tough. Santana showed today why he's one of the best pitchers in baseball.
As far as stuff goes, that's the best stuff we've seen all year. I think he's only given up one or two runs all year and he showed us why -- he was on top of his game tonight.