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
means road struggled team trip
We'll show up. This is a road trip we have struggled with dramatically in the past. . . . We by no means take any team lightly.
ball great means playing production run successful
With production comes entitlement. If you play better you get more playing time, which means more opportunity. Cory has been on a successful run of late. He is stroking the ball well and playing great defense.
anyone days pitch roles three
There are going to be opportunities in different roles because we don't want to pitch anyone more than three days in a row.
number roles
There are a number of roles he could fill. We need to see how he handles them.
focus time
We had our chances, but didn't come through. Now it's time to focus on the Reds.
bubble good gum guys middle numbers
Those guys (the middle relief) have some good numbers on the back of their bubble gum cards.
capable extending period true
You know he's capable of doing it, and it's extending out over a long period of time. That will be the true test.
given guys maintain opportunity pitching tom velocity
We know Tom is experienced and he is not going to rattle. We want to see them maintain velocity once we have them pitching back-to-back days. Guys are going to be given every opportunity to show they can't do it.
came statement tonight
We came out tonight and made a statement in the first inning.
clean happy pitching
We aren't happy with our defense. Sometimes you can clean it up with pitching or hitting. We didn't do exceptionally well in any area.
dent grown hardware men pitching
Those were two grown men out there pitching today. They put a dent in the hardware of Coors Field.
ball last since six talked taught third three twice
You don't make the third out at third. You've been taught that since you're six years old. We talked about this the other day. We've done this twice now in the last three ball games.
artistic hits offensive played runs six team
We didn't play our best. We wobbled out of the bullpen, we got six runs on six hits and 10 walks, which probably wasn't very artistic from an offensive standpoint, but we played better than the other team tonight.
bearing fruits growing
We have had growing pains, but we are now bearing the fruits of that.