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
danny last situation statement
It was a situation where I think we'd try to make a statement inside, hard. I think the statement was made inside, hard. It's unfortunate he got hit. It's unfortunate Danny got splattered last night. Sometimes unfortunate things happen. We won't be intimidated by anybody.
mapped pitches
He very well could, if he pitches well enough, ... That's been mapped out for him, told him he could have that opportunity.
cards early games guys house improvement pick season situations willing
There were games early in the season where we crumbled like a house of cards in situations like that. These guys are willing to pick one another up and that is a big improvement with this team.
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.
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.
beats heck punching regular season spinning vehicle wheels worked
The regular season is another world, but this is the only vehicle we have for him to put what he has worked on in play. It beats the heck out of spinning his wheels and punching out.
fences knocking stripping
We keep knocking fences down that have been put up over the years. We're stripping the paint.
inventory land last rookies sent stay took wave
We're not going to continually put 20 rookies out there. That's why we took the inventory that we took the last two years to find out what we had, and find a wave that would land and stay on beach, not be sent back out to the sea.
behind guy hitting last legitimate options ran role settled stuck
We stuck him in there when we ran out of other options last year. He settled into that role real well. He's not just a guy hitting behind (Todd) Helton anymore. He's a legitimate fourth-place hitter.
conscious gets major pull time trying work
We're going to give him a little more time to work his way out of it. He's an important part of the lineup without Todd. . . . He's not trying to pull everything. He's conscious of going to the right side. When he gets hot, he can do major damage.
arm bit continues healthy liked might seeing strength
We're just seeing how healthy he is. He is still working his way back arm-strength wise. There might be a little bit more arm there as he continues to pitch. We've always liked him.
innings pitch plans
We've got different plans for Bonds. We're only going to pitch to him in innings that end in vowels.
fourth looking quite since swing
We had been looking for that big hit, big swing for quite some time. I was looking for that at-bat since the fourth inning.
baseball definitely good kim playing trials
We can definitely get used to (having Kim around), because while he's had his trials and tribulations in other areas, he's playing good baseball for us.