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
needs week
It's going to take a week to get Barmes and Hawpe their 30 at-bats, ... And Neal just needs to pitch.
help responsibility team whatever win
I've got an accountability and responsibility to do whatever I can to help this team win a ballgame,
ball bigger confidence giving opening
I want him to know that I have the confidence in him by giving him the ball opening day. I can't make a bigger statement.
afternoon ahead breaks check coming reads talked work worked
I want him to do some more work on some of the things we talked about coming up from Triple-A. He worked this afternoon with Davey on reads and breaks in the outfield. There were some things we wanted to check on and try, and tighten up for him before we went ahead and got him involved. He'll get in over the weekend.
check everywhere hit junior league might since
Skill. He's hit everywhere he's been. I don't think he's ever not hit. You might have to check Little League and junior high. Ever since we've had him, he's hit.
build half hope kidding nice road saw season second victory
That's a nice come-from-behind victory on the road for us. There's no kidding anybody. This is what we saw in the second half of the season and it's what we hope we can build on.
pitches talked
As we've talked about in the past, when he pitches (instead of throws), he can be very good.
power stops until
The man's got power, he's had power, he will have power until he stops playing.
everybody statement tonight took
These are opportunities for growth. Everybody made a statement tonight that took the ball.
forward guys letting looking momentum people
These guys want to take some momentum into '06. They are looking forward to letting people know that we're going to show up and play.
adversity guys overcame
These guys overcame adversity. They persevered through it all.
chance chart guys
These guys have a chance to chart a new course.
catcher depth fragile good group groups position starts
The (improvement) starts with the bullpen. That is a pretty good group for us, one of the better groups we have had. And at catcher we have depth there where before it was a fragile position for us.
heart held last players took
All the players took to heart the conversations that were held at the end of last season.