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
building confidence locker quiet
I'd say there is a quiet confidence building in the locker room.
good
I'd say he's been pretty good for us. And he's off to a pretty good September.
either guy hit roll validation
I do want to roll with it. I think there's validation for either guy to hit in that spot.
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.
capable drop maybe move people played replace todd
It's played out well so far. We've got options. You're never going to replace a Todd Helton, but you've got capable people that can come in and you can move some people around. It's not as big a drop off as maybe we've had in the past.
eyes guys league looking reflection talk walk
It's up to them now to go down and be a reflection of this camp. I told them eyes will be on them. A lot of guys down there will be looking at how they walk and how they talk once they've been in a big league camp.
errors judgment kinds last
It's unfortunate it's Matt. But those kinds of errors in judgment ... we're not last year's team. We're not going to be last year's team.
ability behind danny defensive extremely good second skills staff throw
Danny handles the staff extremely well. His defensive skills are second to none. And his ability to throw is as good as there is in our league. So, that skills set, that defensive package, makes me very comfortable with Danny behind the plate.
breaking double happen outside priority thinking
That is never going to happen again. (Sullivan) got outside himself. He was thinking about breaking up a double play. That's priority 'z' in that situation.
capable finding hit picked time
That's a big hit in this ballpark. He's capable of a lot of things and he's finding his own way to contribute. We have one big hit tonight. He had it and it's a four-run swing. He picked us up big time with the bat.
added evaluation
It's added credibility to our evaluation that we had the right people.
baseball fine line smart trying win
It's a fine line between being intimidated and trying to play smart baseball and win a game.
beauty figure game lousy stay until
I told him the beauty to this game is when you do well you don't go up. You stay around until you do lousy and then figure out how to do well again.
matt matter
I told Matt it's unfortunate it's him. This won't be acceptable, no matter who it is.