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
chefs hacking three
We were up there hacking like chefs at Benihana's the first three innings.
baggage came cutting farm good guys laid last players success together work
We are a work in progress. These guys had a lot of baggage laid on them last year. We weren't that good last year. There were a lot of young players cutting their teeth, but they also are players who came up together (through the farm system) and had success together. And they want to have more success together.
arm spinning
Spinning out of his delivery. Most of the times when he misses, it's (to his) arm side.
somehow
Somehow we have to find a way to get him involved.
opinions replay speaks
My opinions, I'll keep to myself. The replay speaks for itself. We'll see how it unfolds.
delivered downs few hit last matt time ups
Matt has had his ups and downs the last few games. He delivered the big hit for us so this couldn't have come at a better time for him.
baseball blowing four hit quick scoreboard struck wind
That was a tremendously well struck baseball with the wind blowing the way it was and to hit it over the scoreboard it was a quick four runs.
analyzed last result three work
That was the result of a lot of work the last three weeks, in which (Francis) analyzed what had been happening.
couple decision hard involved league staying
That was the hard decision we had to look at a couple of times. Would it just be better for him to go down, let him play, or keep him here and have him working and staying involved in a big league environment?
bucket last vintage
That was vintage Coors Field. Last bucket wins.
baseball blowing hit scholars-and-scholarship today wind
That was a pretty swing. That's a tremendously well-struck baseball today with wind blowing the way it was, hit over the scoreboard.
dream good room talent
Like I said, we're going to have a good year. We have too much talent in that room to dream small.
chance games knew lost shake six time trying
I was trying to shake some things up. I knew we'd lost six games in a row. I was going to jingle any time I had a chance to jingle today.
gotten guy innings people power strike wild
When you have a reliever that's a power guy that can strike people out (80 in 67 innings pitched), he's never out of the inning. As wild as some of these innings have gotten with him, he's been able to put them away.