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
coming matter weeks
It wasn't a matter of going down for two weeks and coming back.
everybody guy hit mound swings today took
Their guy was really good. It wasn't anything else. Everybody that took the mound today was really good. They pitched well, hit their spots. We took our swings and didn't come up with anything.
finished sure
I'm not sure if Holliday finished that play up strong.
laboratory premise somebody sure swing time
I'm not sure how much we're going to let him swing the bat. He can be somebody else's laboratory experiment. I've had my time with it. ... I'm working on the premise that he can still hit.
time work
I'm going to give him some time to work out of it.
plays
It's still a long season. We'll see how it plays out.
emphasize falls job player scouts
It's something we have thought about and if it falls into place, it falls into place, ... But I don't want to do it just as a novelty; I want to do it for some meaning. It think it would emphasize the job player development has done for us, and the job the scouts have done.
ball built came confidence good happen helped himself hit last later might pitches position strikes threw together
He came in and helped Band-Aid things together and put himself in a good position for what might happen later on down the road. He built his confidence up. He pitched a lot better than he did last spring. He hit his spots, threw all his pitches for strikes and got the ball down.
both healthy looking seen
Both of them are looking better and more healthy than I have seen them in a long time. They have both been here working out for a while.
ball good ground hit
He made them hit the ball on the ground with regularity. He made some good pitches.
certain missed parts playing
There is 'The Book' that has certain things you do and don't do (as a manager). I missed parts of it. We're going to take chances. We're playing to win.
best gave home ninth save score shot
The game's at home and you're tied. It's not a save situation. I thought (Fuentes) gave us the best shot to get to the ninth and score a run.
advantage behind blocking danny defensive good home improvement marked provided receiving stability taking throwing
Danny is taking advantage of the opportunities that he's been given. He's provided some very good defensive stability behind home plate. His receiving and his blocking and his throwing has been a marked improvement over anything that we've really had here in a long time.
against case feeling good hot putting topic
It wasn't a hot topic after the first half. But it's a good feeling to come back and play the way we have against them this season. I think they would acknowledge that now when we have the lead, we're the ones putting them away. That wasn't the case in the past.