229 Quotes by Mike Scioscia

I think he looks very smooth back there, and it's obvious that he works well with the pitching staff. He's mobile, he's got a quick release, and I think his arm is solid.

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.

I think his stuff was good and he was the guy that we really needed to get out of that jam and finish the inning for us. Unfortunately they grabbed the lead and they held it there.

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.

John wasn't out there and wasn't awful, but he obviously wasn't as crisp as we had seen him and as crisp as he was against the Yankees .

Anytime the Yankees are around, it seems like it's a more special environment. We've had some big games with the Yankees recently.

John looks ready to go. He's one of the top pitchers in our league. He had quite a year.

That was a key with Gregg. Paul Byrd wasn't sharp tonight, but he went as far as he could. I think Kevin Gregg coming in and keeping us in the game was very important, and the other guys followed suit.

That might have been the best five starts any team could have gotten in any series.