Clint Hurdle
Clint Hurdle
Clinton Merrick Hurdleis an American former professional baseball outfielder and current manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. Hurdle played in MLB for the Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals, and has also managed for the Colorado Rockies...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 July 1957
CityBig Rapids, MI
adversity came colorado good learned realize short
More can be learned from adversity than when everything good happens. They realize they were short in areas, went down to (Class AAA) Colorado Springs, addressed the shortcomings and came back.
san win
In San Francisco, they can whoop and holler and hooray for Barry. But here, we want to get him out and win a ballgame.
believes compete doubt force
I don't think there's any doubt that he believes now that he has arrived, that he can make pitches, that he can win, that he can compete and he can become a force in this league.
direction nice road step team tough
It's really nice for our team to get another road win, especially after a tough one-run loss. It's another step in the right direction for us, no doubt.
shape
Mesa's shape is not an issue, never has been.
ego gets male
Some times the male ego gets in the way of a lot of things.
attention focus pay start
Everything will start to come into focus and we will pay more attention to detail.
somehow
Somehow we have to find a way to get him involved.
center covered days field garry reminded third
It reminded me of the days when Maddox used to play center field in Philadelphia, ... They'd say, 'Three-quarters of the world is covered by water, and the other third is covered by Garry Maddox.'
center covered days field garry reminded third
It reminded me of the days when Maddox used to play center field in Philadelphia, ... They'd say, 'Three-quarters of the world is covered by water, and the other third is covered by Garry Maddox.'
board chance concerns few major pitcher runs
He had a chance to put the pitcher away and keep all those runs off the board but he wasn't able to do it and the inning unraveled on him. But he's got a few more starts. I don't have any major concerns about him.
available best close mentality ninth pitcher
He understands the mentality of why we use him in the ninth in close ballgames because he's the best pitcher we have available out there,
breaking centered command confident fastball feels found head improved spring thinks
He thinks he's found something, a little something to keep his head centered and still on the plate. He made better pitches. His fastball command improved as a the spring went on, his breaking ball sharpened up. He feels confident going into the season.
corner himself painted
He painted himself into a corner and pitched himself out.