650 ordspråk av Mike Scioscia
Mike Scioscia
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.
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Against Detroit, I don't know if he was a little psyched up and he was maybe overthrowing a little bit. Tonight, he was much more in tune early in the game and his pitches were very, very crisp.
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and got about as much playoff sleep as you're going to get anyway.
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Any contributions we can get right now are obviously needed, ... We're just trying to . . . stack some left-handed bats and see if we can get after Garcia a little bit.
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Anytime the Yankees are around, it seems like it's a more special environment. We've had some big games with the Yankees recently.
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As a player, you're the first one to realize you're slipping a little bit, but you're the last one to know you've fallen off the slope and it's over.
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As far as we're concerned, it is a done issue. He'll move on and grow from this.
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Barry has pitched a lot of good baseball against us but I don't know if he's ever pitched better than he did against us tonight, ... He had every pitch working.
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Barry has pitched a lot of good baseball against us, but I don't know if he's ever pitched better than he did against us tonight. He had every pitch working.
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Bart has been a little stiff the last couple of days. It started to knot up in the sixth and I said enough is enough. He's a little tight right now, but we don't think it will affect his next start.
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Bart is a pitcher and his key is fastball command. Right now, he is working into his velocity, but it is good. We don't want him to sacrifice command for velocity.
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Bart threw a bullpen [session] today and looked great.
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Bartolo couldn't have pitched any better. Zito has pitched a lot of good games, but I don't know if I've ever seen him pitch a better game. Everything was working for him. Bart matched him pitch for pitch, but we couldn't come up with any offense.
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Bedard did a nice job of getting out of some jams after we had some guys in scoring positions. He threw the ball very well. Against a guy who's throwing well, you need to maximize your opportunities.
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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.
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