Mazzone meets the media
10/25/2005
BALTIMORE -- While the Orioles organization was enduring a turbulent journey in 2005, experiencing wide-ranging turmoil that included a managerial removal, pitching coach Leo Mazzone was rocking back and forth as the Atlanta Braves were in the middle of clinching their 14th consecutive division title.
The Orioles' problems were of no concern to Mazzone. He kept in touch with close friend Sam Perlozzo during the season, but the possibility of the two working together appeared the same as it had been the past 20 years, a fantasy.
That was until Perlozzo was named permanent manager of the Orioles on Oct. 11, and Mazzone was freed to negotiate with other clubs when the Braves were eliminated from the National League Division Series.
In mere days, Mazzone was joining his best friend and former wood-cutting partner on the Orioles staff. And on Tuesday, in Mazzone's public introduction to the media, the two talked about resurrecting the organization and bringing postseason baseball back to Baltimore.
Mazzone, sporting a sleek tan suit and speaking in front of dozens of team employees, family members and media, talked about his experience in Atlanta, which advanced to the playoffs 14 straight years.
"It's been a long time since I have not been in the postseason after a regular baseball season ended, and I don't expect to start now," said Mazzone. "The reason I'm here is Sam Perlozzo. It's time to bring some action and some fun to Camden Yards, and I look forward to being in my home state."
Mazzone and Perlozzo made sure not to refer to 2005 or any of the issues that linger from that 74-88 season.
Mazzone's acquisition is the most significant of the Orioles' plethora of changes since season's end, but he is not the newest addition to the organization.
The team also announced that former Tampa Bay Devil Rays executive Scott Proefrock has been named director of baseball administration. Proefrock, highly regarded in baseball circles, will work mostly behind the scenes with arbitration cases and other contract issues.
Proefrock, who worked for Atlanta before Tampa Bay, said that it will be welcoming to work with a larger budget instead of what he did during his years with the small-market Devil Rays.
"The one thing you have here that I haven't had since I've been in Atlanta is the resources to get the job done," said Proefrock. "You have a situation where you know that you are going to be able to make decisions, do the right thing for the organization. You are not limited by financial constraints. There are good people here, and the resources are here. There's no reason we can't get the job done in the division that we are in."
Mazzone said that it was difficult leaving Atlanta but that the opportunity to work with Perlozzo and the challenge of a new organization desperate to succeed was enticing. The 57-year-old is going to have quite a task in rebuilding the pitching staff.
The Orioles' staff was 10th in the American League with a 5.39 ERA, and Steve Kline, Erik Bedard and Jorge Julio sustained prolonged skids and turned in disappointing seasons.
Mazzone's philosophy is simple. He wants his starting pitchers to throw twice between starts and focus on command.
"You get them on the mound as often as you can and make them realize that pitching is command of a fastball and change of speeds," he said. "If there's any more than that, I don't know what it is. Just ask Greg Maddux, he said there's nothing more to pitching than commanding the fastball and changing speeds. It's not about out-tricking, outfoxing somebody, it's about making a decision, throwing it with conviction, commanding a fastball and change of speeds."
The process of moving and acclimating himself to Maryland has consumed Mazzone in the past week. He said that he will worry about examining the pitching staff once Spring Training approaches, and that he will push aside scouting reports and outside perceptions and let "my eyeballs see what's going on."
Perlozzo is thrilled about his first coaching hire. The two have known each other since their youth baseball days in Cumberland, Md., and talked about working together when both were Minor League players.
"I certainly don't want it to sound like the other pitching coaches didn't do a good job, [but] Leo has a personality and a plan that no one else really has," said Perlozzo. "And he can implement it and it comes out differently and he can get it done. I'm excited that we do have some young kids, and he's able to come in and get [them] on his plan right away."
Source: http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/
BALTIMORE -- While the Orioles organization was enduring a turbulent journey in 2005, experiencing wide-ranging turmoil that included a managerial removal, pitching coach Leo Mazzone was rocking back and forth as the Atlanta Braves were in the middle of clinching their 14th consecutive division title.
The Orioles' problems were of no concern to Mazzone. He kept in touch with close friend Sam Perlozzo during the season, but the possibility of the two working together appeared the same as it had been the past 20 years, a fantasy.
That was until Perlozzo was named permanent manager of the Orioles on Oct. 11, and Mazzone was freed to negotiate with other clubs when the Braves were eliminated from the National League Division Series.
In mere days, Mazzone was joining his best friend and former wood-cutting partner on the Orioles staff. And on Tuesday, in Mazzone's public introduction to the media, the two talked about resurrecting the organization and bringing postseason baseball back to Baltimore.
Mazzone, sporting a sleek tan suit and speaking in front of dozens of team employees, family members and media, talked about his experience in Atlanta, which advanced to the playoffs 14 straight years.
"It's been a long time since I have not been in the postseason after a regular baseball season ended, and I don't expect to start now," said Mazzone. "The reason I'm here is Sam Perlozzo. It's time to bring some action and some fun to Camden Yards, and I look forward to being in my home state."
Mazzone and Perlozzo made sure not to refer to 2005 or any of the issues that linger from that 74-88 season.
Mazzone's acquisition is the most significant of the Orioles' plethora of changes since season's end, but he is not the newest addition to the organization.
The team also announced that former Tampa Bay Devil Rays executive Scott Proefrock has been named director of baseball administration. Proefrock, highly regarded in baseball circles, will work mostly behind the scenes with arbitration cases and other contract issues.
Proefrock, who worked for Atlanta before Tampa Bay, said that it will be welcoming to work with a larger budget instead of what he did during his years with the small-market Devil Rays.
"The one thing you have here that I haven't had since I've been in Atlanta is the resources to get the job done," said Proefrock. "You have a situation where you know that you are going to be able to make decisions, do the right thing for the organization. You are not limited by financial constraints. There are good people here, and the resources are here. There's no reason we can't get the job done in the division that we are in."
Mazzone said that it was difficult leaving Atlanta but that the opportunity to work with Perlozzo and the challenge of a new organization desperate to succeed was enticing. The 57-year-old is going to have quite a task in rebuilding the pitching staff.
The Orioles' staff was 10th in the American League with a 5.39 ERA, and Steve Kline, Erik Bedard and Jorge Julio sustained prolonged skids and turned in disappointing seasons.
Mazzone's philosophy is simple. He wants his starting pitchers to throw twice between starts and focus on command.
"You get them on the mound as often as you can and make them realize that pitching is command of a fastball and change of speeds," he said. "If there's any more than that, I don't know what it is. Just ask Greg Maddux, he said there's nothing more to pitching than commanding the fastball and changing speeds. It's not about out-tricking, outfoxing somebody, it's about making a decision, throwing it with conviction, commanding a fastball and change of speeds."
The process of moving and acclimating himself to Maryland has consumed Mazzone in the past week. He said that he will worry about examining the pitching staff once Spring Training approaches, and that he will push aside scouting reports and outside perceptions and let "my eyeballs see what's going on."
Perlozzo is thrilled about his first coaching hire. The two have known each other since their youth baseball days in Cumberland, Md., and talked about working together when both were Minor League players.
"I certainly don't want it to sound like the other pitching coaches didn't do a good job, [but] Leo has a personality and a plan that no one else really has," said Perlozzo. "And he can implement it and it comes out differently and he can get it done. I'm excited that we do have some young kids, and he's able to come in and get [them] on his plan right away."
Source: http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/
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