Ken Macha Quotes (222 Quotes)

Quite a baseball game. I probably would have paid to see that one.

It's a dilemma right now. That's why a major-league manager gets up at 4 a.m. every morning, the mind is always working.

I'm going to wait for the OK. When the trainers say I can, I will put him in a game. The good news is we have two weeks left.

That's a nice rebound after being shutout last night and falling behind 2-0 with their pitcher running through us. To come back shows our resiliency. Jay has really given us a lot. The guy has just been terrific.

The hitting kind of has been riding the roller coaster, so maybe we've got some guys feeling good about themselves after Sunday.

I'm a little concerned about getting our offense going. That's four games in a row without much.

This late in the spring, the rain can be a factor. It's critical to get pitchers their innings. They are not stretched out inning-wise.

When I saw him walking out of the locker room this morning, he looked (cranky). Maybe I'll ask him what I can do to get him mad.

They're known for their power, and they took care of it.

The guy's on fire. You make a mistake, he makes you pay.

The Angels brought up K-Rod (closer Francisco Rodriguez) a couple of years ago, and he propelled them to a World Series,

That's the way this game is. They started out on the road, and perhaps the weather was cold. This league is tough and so evenly matched. If you don't bring your 'A' game, you're going to get it handed to you.

There's no real hurry. He's swinging the ball well. We hope for the 10th but we'll have to see how he feels.

Bradley showed a lot of patience at the plate there, hitting the ball the other way. If you want to drive in runs in this league, you have to go the other way. Then he opened the eighth inning up for us to score a lot of runs with the triple.

Freddie came in this morning to get in some hitting. He made a spot for himself somewhere. He's been tremendous.

From the top of my cranium, he plays quite extensively in Spring Training. Perhaps we should give him less at-bats.

Emotions were running high on both sides. Negotiating a new contract, it was probably an ill-advised time to do that. It would have been better to say we'll talk in a week. Everybody was aware of how I felt about the team, the players. My desire to come back was high.

We're hoping that last year was just one of those years where he had a bad year. I thought he swung the bat a lot more aggressively in Spring Training. We're hoping to get some results.

If we just continue to play like we are, it should be enough to make this thing real interesting. Hitting has been riding a roller-coaster. Some guys are feeling good about themselves after today.

There was one time the other day he threw a guy out at second it was the best I've seen him throw in two years. I also like the way he's swinging the bat with a little authority behind it.

I don't think anybody can go out there and perform when they're uptight.

The next day the discussion gravitated to the possibility of me coming back, and I was very receptive to that,

That was big, getting the young guys to focus a little more. A couple of these guys were already under house arrest.

I really respect him and the way he called the game. You knew when he was back there you were going to have a tough time.

He took it like a man and stood up and faced the music, and I commend him for that, ... It says a lot that he rebounded from a poor season and a poor start this year, particularly with all the scrutiny from the media.

His command was great. They normally make you work to get the pitch count up. He made them swing by getting ahead. He was able to get well into the game with a small pitch count 91.

Things are gonna work out for him. Maybe he'll get a change of scenery where he can get some more playing time.

I'm not going to play the guy if there's pain in there. He's got medical clearance, but I don't think it's fair to anybody.

I liked Kendall tagging up and going to third. If you look at the linescore today, he's 0-for-4, but he opened the game by hustling and setting the tone.

We did a nice job of keeping the score close enough to make a run at the end of the game.

Joe's done a good job for us. At the same time, Rich being out has been costly. I don't think anyone can deny that.

He has a good, live fastball, a changeup and a hard breaking ball.

He swung the bat very well. The chances of him being in the lineup tomorrow are very high.

Typically guys have been a little erratic with their command in their first appearances. After the first inning he got the ball down. He was free and easy, just tremendous.

We didn't make any pitches. You get good hitters and leave it in the middle of the plate, and they burn you.

We were kind of in a jam here with this weather situation. There's a 100 percent prediction of rain coming here, and this is the only time the Yankees are in here all year. We're kind of protecting ourselves a little bit.

I would prefer that he play to see how he did. But if he comes up here I'm sure we'll be up here with him to see how he does. If playing in one of those games will jeopardize his health, then it's better that he not play.

Our guys aren't going to give up. They're absolutely not going to give up.

All I know is the coin flip is done in the commissioner's office and no one can hear it drop. I'd like someone to figure out the odds of losing nine straight coin flips ... I think it's one out of 512. That is impossible.

I expressed disappointment that he and I hadn't talked.

We've got a lot of young pitchers, and they've got a lot of young position players, ... There are a lot of similarities. In a small, low-budget kind of deal, you've got to have youth mixed in there. I think both sides have handled it well.

It was kind of miraculous (Tuesday night). The grounds-keeping crew said we had showers everywhere around here. Bill King built a dome over the stadium so we wouldn't have a rain delay. Baseball's got a way of working it out.

But if playing is going to jeopardize his health, then he shouldn't be playing. Who knows We might get a glowing report from the medical people.

That was a pretty big win, particularly when one of our main pitchers goes down in the middle of the game and they jump out to a big lead.

He was overpowering with his fastball today. He has the ability to cruise around 92, 93 mph, then get it to 97 to finish off a hitter. He had great stuff.

It'd be nice to be able to do that, but I don't know if we can do that, ... Mark Kotsay's done OK there ... so let's give him a game or two and let's see how he's swinging.

I think he realizes what they are doing. I talked to hitting coach Gerald Perry and he thinks he's starting to come around. But I just thought it was good to give him the day off.

He's been extremely impressive. He's got a bunch of weapons to get hitters out.

Big night for Milton. I thought that first hit, he showed patience at the plate, then hit the ball the other way. The walk was a solid at-bat, and he kind of opened that inning up for us. It was a big night for him and for (Frank) Thomas. He gave us some breathing room.

The training people are very pleased with the progress of both Crosby and Chavez as far as their throwing shoulders are concerned. Chavez has been throwing a lot, and says he feels great. Crosby felt good throwing. We're just going to take our time with that. We'll stretch them out a little farther.