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
bunch jeopardy night putting runs score
As long as you play it, if you don't execute, you're putting yourself in jeopardy of not winning. You've got to score a whole bunch of runs and this was a night it didn't happen. Their bullpen, obviously, was very effective.
favor putting situations toughest worked
That's just one of the toughest situations I put myself in, having to take him out and putting in a pinch-runner. It worked to my favor tonight.
capable guys pressure shows takes
That's not the way it is. I think it takes some pressure off of him. And it shows those guys what they are capable of collectively.
answer ask barry bonds care good himself questions sure talk
Are we going to talk about Barry Bonds just because he is here? He's very special. It's good that we have him back involved. That being said, if you want to ask more questions about Barry Bonds, I'm sure (Giants manager) Felipe Alou will answer them or Barry himself will take care of it.
baseball bottom challenged far grow handled leadership places production stretch year
As far as production goes, it's at the bottom of his baseball card. But as far as leadership and the way he's rallied the team, it's at the top. This year has challenged him in a lot of different areas, made him stretch and grow in a lot of places and I think he has handled it well.
game good
as good a game as you will see here
built pitch work
They got their work in and built up their pitch count, which is all we wanted.
bull drew tough
They drew a tough bull today, as they say in the rodeo.
belt bottom build degree experience line talk walk won
They do walk around a little lighter. They have experience under their belt and a degree of confidence. But they have to build on the success. You can talk about a lot of things, but the bottom line is we won 67 games, and that is not very many.
baseball closed opened section
What we need to do is play better baseball. And then there won't be a section closed down. There will be a section opened up.
assignment decided eliminate rehab timetable
We decided to eliminate the uncertainty. There's no timetable (for his recovery). We need him healthy. Once he is able to play, we will get him out on a (minor-league) rehab assignment and get him some at-bats.
five stretched
We've stretched him out to five (games) in a row, at the most, so far,
second seen short
We've seen him play short and how he can play there. We want to keep getting a feel for him at second base.
hope seen work
We've seen him in a lot of different uniforms. You hope things work out for him.