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LOS ANGELES ANGELS
AGE: 48
POSITION: Manager
BIRTHPLACE: Upper Darby, PA
RESIDES: Westlake Village, CA
COLLEGE: Springfield (PA) High School
PERSONAL: Wife Anne, one son, one daughter
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For the past seven seasons, Mike Scioscia has co-chaired the 65 Roses Golf
Classic to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. In 2004, he initiated the
Sunkist Mike Scioscia Pro Players Golf Tournament to benefit the Amateur
Baseball Development Group. He also hosts an annual youth baseball clinic in
Thousand Oaks. He holds a coaches clinic each year for the Angels Gene Autry
RBI League, a youth baseball program for the Boys and Girls Clubs in Orange
County. Each holiday season, Mike signs autographs and reads books to
children at the Angels Children's Holiday Party, as well as supporting troops
through his involvement with "Operation Gratitude" that reaches U.S. Soldiers
serving overseas. Mike was honored in 2001 by the Orange County Youth Sports
Foundation as the "Sportsman-of-the-Year." He served as the Chairman of the
American Heart Association's "Heart and Soul Walk" in 2000 and 2001. This
June, he was the keynote speaker at the Orange County Make-A-Wish
Foundation's "Wishmaker Luncheon." Mike has recorded public service
announcements for the American Red Cross Blood Drive, Water Safety Campaign
and California Office of Traffic Safety.
Mike Scioscia is in his seventh season as the Angels manager, compiling an
impressive 520-452 record (.535). He has taken the Angels to the postseason
three of the last four years. He played catcher for 15 Major League seasons.
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