Michael Lorri Scioscia (/?so???/, SOH-sha; Italian pronunciation: [?????a], SHOH-sha; born November 27, 1958) is a former Major League Baseball catcher and current manager for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He has worked in that capacity since the 2000 season, and is the longest-tenured manager in Major League Baseball. As a player, Scioscia made his major league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1980. He was selected to two All-Star Games and won two World Series over the course of his 13-year MLB career, which was spent entirely with the Dodgers. He was signed by the San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers late in his career, but never appeared in a major-league game for either team due to injury.After his playing career ended, Scioscia spent several seasons as a minor league manager and major league coach in the Dodgers organization before being hired as the Angels manager after the 1999 season. As a manager, Scioscia led the Angels to their only-to-date World Series championship in 2002. He is the Angels' all-time managerial leader in wins, games managed, and division titles. Scioscia was honored with the official American League Manager of the Year Award in 2002 and 2009. On May 8, 2011 Scioscia became the 56th manager to win 1,000 or more games and just the 23rd to have all 1,000 or more victories with a single team.
It doesn't matter what's going on around you, and it's not who you play, or where you play. It's how you play, and that's the one thing you can truly control.
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Son Matt, drafted by the Angels in 2011, was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Trevor Gretzky on March 20, 2014. He was released by the Windy City ThunderBolts (Crestwood, IL) of the non-MLB affiliated Frontier League on June 14.
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Named Manager Of The Anaheim Angels [2000]
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Surname pronounced so-SHA.
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Met his wife when she had attended an autograph day at Dodger Stadium with a plate of cookies she baked for him; Scioscia didn't appear. A sympathetic security guard told her to meet him at the clubhouse after the game, where he introduced her to Scioscia, who escorted her to his car in the players' parking lot. They dated for five years before they got married.
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Selected 19th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1976 free agent draft.
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Children: Matthew and Taylor.
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The 17th person in history to win a World Series as both a player and a manager.
Actor
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Year
Status
Character
The Simpsons
1992
TV Series
Mike Scioscia
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Knuckleball!
2012
Documentary special thanks
Self
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Year
Status
Character
Hell's Kitchen
2016
TV Series
Himself - Restaurant Patron
Sunday Night Baseball
1990-2014
TV Series
Himself - Anaheim Angels Manager / Himself - Los Angeles Angels Manager / Himself / ...
Mike & Mike
2013
TV Series
Himself - Los Angeles Angels Manager
Prime 9
2010-2011
TV Series
Himself
30 for 30
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Simpsons
2010
TV Series
Himself
Rome Is Burning
2006-2010
TV Series
Himself
ESPN 25: Who's #1?
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
Champions of Faith: Baseball Edition
2007
Video documentary
Himself
ESPN Outside the Lines Nightly
2006
TV Series
Himself - Baseball Manager
MLB on Fox Pregame Show
2005
TV Series
Himself
Beyond the Glory
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself
Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime
2004
Video documentary short
Himself
2003 MLB All-Star Game
2003
TV Special
Himself - AL Manager: Anaheim Angels
2002 World Series
2002
Video documentary
Himself (Anaheim Angels Manager)
2002 American League Championship Series
2002
TV Series
Himself
ESPN SportsCentury
2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
2002 MLB All-Star Game
2002
TV Special
Himself - AL Coach: Anaheim Angels
1990 MLB All-Star Game
1990
TV Special
Himself - NL Catcher
1989 MLB All-Star Game
1989
TV Special
Himself - NL Catcher
1988 World Series Video: Los Angeles Dodgers vs Oakland A's
1988
Video
Himself
1988 National League Championship Series
1988
TV Series
Himself - Los Angeles Dodgers Catcher
1985 National League Championship Series
1985
TV Series
Himself - Los Angeles Dodgers Catcher
Rooster
1982
TV Movie
Himself
1981 World Series
1981
TV Mini-Series
Himself - Los Angeles Dodgers Catcher / Himself - Los Angeles Dodgers Pinch HItter / Catcher