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
best next pitches starts step three traffic
He's not making his best pitches in traffic in his three starts so far. That's the next step for him.
behind confidence confident guy helped past tonight
Here's a guy that has been through so much over the past year. He's put all that behind him to become a very confident pitcher. Tonight his confidence in his sinker helped him get 13 groundball outs.
ball early gave settled six strong
He got the ball up early but settled in and gave us six strong innings. He was very effective.
He was up more than he was down.
believe goes longer
I believe the longer he goes without one, the more he's due.
great
We've got a long way to go. We had a great trip.
Right now, ... anything I'd say is speculation.
behind catcher changed confidence dynamic good national plate skills
His confidence behind the plate is as good as any catcher in the National League. And he has the skills to match. He's changed the dynamic for us back there.
We were down 7-1, but still made things interesting. We're not going to go away.
book fortunate rest seemed share
Only Glaus seemed to have the right book on Cook. We're fortunate he didn't share it with the rest of the team.
best chance drew
It's not something we drew up in the dirt. Our best chance was to put him on.
Let's do it for Maddie, really, was one of the big reasons,
book good wish
I wish him good things. Our book is closed.
best good hitter knows league nobody perspective starting talked
He's the best hitter in the league that nobody knows about, from my perspective. He's starting to get talked about more, but he's a real good hitter.