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
guys talent three
Those three guys give us the most flexibility and the most talent we've ever had at the end of a game. We're going to be good.
fifth starter
There has really not been any separation. We don't have a fifth starter right now.
certain earlier manager might miss missed opportunity situations statement sullivan
There comes certain situations where I think a manager has an opportunity to make a statement to his team. You don't want to miss them. I might have missed one with (Cory) Sullivan earlier in the season.
humanistic nobody race
The race is on, but you have to take a humanistic approach. Nobody is under a magnifying glass. We just want them to go out and pitch.
number roles
There are a number of roles he could fill. We need to see how he handles them.
capable extending period true
You know he's capable of doing it, and it's extending out over a long period of time. That will be the true test.
accepted challenge dealing
We issued a challenge to him and he's accepted it. Now he's working through it and dealing with it -- and doing very well.
given guys maintain opportunity pitching tom velocity
We know Tom is experienced and he is not going to rattle. We want to see them maintain velocity once we have them pitching back-to-back days. Guys are going to be given every opportunity to show they can't do it.
fruits happen hard reap worked year
We have worked hard this year to get better. That has started to happen and we want (the players) to reap the fruits of their hard work.
added revisit time volume
We had to revisit that from time to time. But by the end of the season, that added more volume to what he did accomplish.
almost anywhere ask bit field innings low player position ready spring
We had almost every position player play anywhere from the low 60s to 100 innings in the field (in spring training). We're not probably going to ask him to do that much, but it's going to need to be a little bit more than him just getting 25 at-bats and being ready to go.
ahead games won work
We've only won 62 games this year. We've still got a lot of work ahead of us.
care created deal depth situations winter
We've got options. We've created depth all winter to take care of any situations like this. It's very unfortunate. But it has happened, and we'll deal with it accordingly.
five innings seven steps
We've got steps to take before that. Five innings tonight, seven innings tomorrow.