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,
We need to make changes this winter as players and as an organization and turn things around because this is unacceptable. When you play bad baseball, no matter what your record is, it's not real satisfying.
He's got the stuff to go out and win 17, 18 games, ... He's a lefty with a fastball 95-97, a 12-to-6 curve and a good change.
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.
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.
And I take a lot of the blame for our record this year. And to come out and help this team win tonight is really a great feeling.
To be named one of the finalists for the Marvin Miller Award is an honor for me,
We are embarrassed. We're hurting in here, and we should be.
We've really been grinding it out, and now we are starting to click. It takes the pressure off the pitchers.
We wanted to pull this one out for Skipper, with the pain he's going through.
I got to play in his home country, in the stadium that was named after him and I know he was one of the best, if not the best, Latin American ballplayers of all time,
If we can get this guy's brain to work with his body, he'll be special for a long time.
Lord willing, I'll be ready by opening day. It is the weight-bearing bone in the bottom part of your leg.