Mickey Hatcher Quotations

The one thing you have to do is always play the game hard and people will love you. And every day, whether it was practice or on the field, he set the tone for the organization. When every young kid came up, they could see him playing hard and I think it was really an inspiration for that organization. He got them two championships. He was a great leader.

When he is healthy, he is dangerous. We want to keep him healthy so he can be dangerous all the time.

The pitch Moyer threw had to be a foot-and-a-half off the plate.

Maybe we should just have a plane fly us around overhead for a few hours so we can stay on this schedule.

I got frustrated because I saw the replay and I read his lips. I went out and the umpire threw me out and I got mad. You can't just sit back. It was an offensive play and I was frustrated.

I don't have any answers for you. We've gone through a lot of games like this and we've gone and turned it around.

I don't have answers for it. I just don't see a confidence level. They're playing hard, they're competing. Everything's fine. Right now, we're just not clicking in the game. It's happened to our team a lot.

I give Finley a lot of credit. The kind of year he's gone through has been very frustrating for him, but that hasn't stopped him from being a team guy.

I can't imagine it will be like this tomorrow.

He'll get pissed off, and you'd better watch out. They don't want to piss him off ---- they want to keep him quiet.

He might win a batting title one day. I'll go on record as predicting that.

Good hitters make adjustments and he has been making adjustments. You don't do that, you're not going to survive at this level, but he's been doing that.

He's got power; that's why he gets triples. It's not just his speed. He has a short, strong swing both right-handed and left-handed. He has good hands and if you make a mistake he will drive it.

We've moved on as a team. What's really sad about it, and I think everybody will agree, is that this umpiring crew is a great crew. We like this umpire crew. I've been listening to the radios and everything, and I haven't heard any really positive things about what's going on. ... He's done a great job. I just hope all this doesn't become nasty today.

We've moved on as a team. This is a good umpiring crew ? even the umpire that's gone through all of this. He's done a great job. I just hope all this doesn't become nasty today.

When a team gets on a roll, it just seems like all the breaks go your way. We've got to turn it around and start making the breaks go our way.

You can tell that call gave them a lift. The guy steals second, they win the game, the place goes crazy. They were struggling just like we were. That little spark got them going.

There's nobody like him. He has one plan, and that's to go up with the idea of getting a hit.

I've seen guys hit .900 in Spring Training and when the lights go on, they struggle. The challenge is when opposing pitchers start turning it up a notch. But there is not a guy in this room that doesn't believe he can't handle the challenge.

A lot of people don't realize how important he is to this club. Even in that nine hole, being a hitter, bringing in a run, stealing a base. Defensively, he's done a great job for us since the first day we've had him. He just catches everything, turns the double play with the best of them, so his total game is there right now.

It's not as bad as people think it is. Offensively, you need a little luck. And we just haven't had any.

It took him away from playing the game he loved. The guy lived for that. He lived for Spring Training, he lived for the game of baseball. That was a dark day. When he couldn't play the game the way he wanted, it was really frustrating for him. There is no telling how many more years he could have played and how many more good years he could have had. It was hard on him.

I really like the way Garret is swinging. This year it looks like he's back to the old Garret.

I really like his swing, and he really likes his swing. This is the best I've ever seen him. He has made adjustments and compressed his swing. His setup and approach has improved. He is seeing the ball real well.

He came back with a purpose, and it's going to be very, very interesting. If he keeps going the way he is, and stays around, he's going to make us better.

These are big games. You can't just sit back on a call like that. It's crucial.

The guy who was frustrated more than anybody was Vlad. But I've seen teams win the World Series, and it takes nine guys. I've told him, 'Hey, you battled the best you could.' They didn't make any mistakes on him. Those series go fast when you never get going.