Eric Wedge
FameRank: 5

"As player"

*Boston Red Sox (–)

*Colorado Rockies

*Boston Red Sox

"As manager"

*Cleveland Indians (–)

*Seattle Mariners (–)

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* 2007 Manager of the Year/AL Manager of the Year

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"Eric Michael Wedge" (born January 27, 1968) is a Major League Baseball manager (baseball)/manager and former catcher, who most recently managed the Seattle Mariners. As a player, Wedge attended Northrop High School in Fort Wayne and played on the school's state champion baseball team in 1983. He went on to attend Wichita State University, and played on the Wichita State Shockers/Shockers team that won the 1989 College World Series. From 1989–1997 he played in the minor league baseball/minor league systems of the Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, and Philadelphia Phillies, and played in 39 major league games with the Red Sox and Rockies between 1991 and 1994. Wedge went on to manage in the Cleveland Indians minor league system from 1998–2002 before being named manager of the Indians for the 2003 season. He led the Indians to a postseason berth in 2007, and won the American League Manager of the Year Award that year.

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Best case scenario would be tomorrow. But that would still probably be hopeful for us.

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I thought that was pretty special -- [Thursday], and what we saw. I don't mind talking about it, because I don't think that anybody that was here did not recognize that.

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But if you weren't here, you really couldn't probably fully appreciate the effort, the competitiveness and the fight that you saw on the mound.

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He throws 60 pitches in the first couple innings and did nothing but get much stronger.

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Robby talked to him about that.

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I thought our guys did a good job tonight, ... I think our guys went out there, offensively, and were aggressive. We did miss some opportunities when we had to expand the lead, but they didn't let that get to them. They kept going.

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Westbrook battled his tail off out there, ... They didn't make it easy on him, either. He made big pitches, and then, obviously, our bullpen did an outstanding job.

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You've got to keep thinking good thoughts and trust in Wicky. We've been doing it all year.

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We've been doing a better job in those situations, but that can't happen.

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