229 Quotes by Mike Scioscia


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    He keeps getting finer and finer with his stuff. Although he's not throwing as hard as he once did, he's still adept at hitting spots, changing speeds and keeping hitters off-balance. He just knows how to pitch, knows what he wants to do, and he's very good at it.

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    This game, with its twists and turns, could have gone either way. This is the way the series is going to be.

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    He'll be fresher and rested for Game 5 if we need to go that route. He's much better off in the slot we have him.

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    This game, with its twists and turns, could have gone either way for the whole nine innings. It could have turned on a dime.

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    He laid off some pitches to get in some hitting counts, and when he got a pitch to hit, he was on it. I think he's got all the tools he needs now. It's going to be a matter of stamina, and maintaining it.

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    This game was out of the blue, ... Everything we could have messed up, we messed up out there. It was so out of character for us.

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    A lot of times the pitch you need to get a guy out is either out of the zone or in the dirt and you need to block the ball or tag the guy out. Our guys work on that and our pitchers need to have confidence to throw that pitch.

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    Guys who relied on them are going to have to find alternative solutions. Obviously, some players have leaned on them. There have always been things that players used.

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