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
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.
There have been times this year, through health or just not performing well, I haven't helped this team win ballgames,
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.
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.
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.
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.
There would have been no repercussions back then. There was no testing like that. But I knew in my heart it was wrong, and I had my faith to get me through it.
Dr. Steve Joyce said it would take four to six weeks to heal, which kind of scared me at first, but the good news is I injured it about 4 1/2 weeks ago.
Sort of puts an extra hop in your step.
That was probably the most touching moment of silence I've stood through.
We just came out gunning. My teammates gave me some great opportunities and I just my shots.
He's a cross between Tom Seaver and Jeff Spicoli, ... Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
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,