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
pitches talked
As we've talked about in the past, when he pitches (instead of throws), he can be very good.
reasons
They know Fuentes is closing. They have their reasons for what they do.
presenting top
The top of their lineup was presenting problems.
belt bottom build degree experience line talk walk won
They do walk around a little lighter. They have experience under their belt and a degree of confidence. But they have to build on the success. You can talk about a lot of things, but the bottom line is we won 67 games, and that is not very many.
barrel bat drive focus forward help looking productive role swinging talked watching
He's swinging the bat very well. He's got some barrel down there to drive in some runs. There are some things we've talked to him about we want him to focus on and take into the season, but I'm just looking forward to watching him play in that role and getting more opportunities to help us be productive offensively as well as defensively.
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.
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.
catcher good played skills
He is as good as any catcher I played with or had on my team. He has top-shelf skills defensively.
pitch remember throw
He didn't pitch down enough. He didn't throw his sinker enough. He has to remember he is a sinkerball pitcher.
groups humility leads passion talked unique work
I think we've talked about it all -- his humility, his work ethic. He has a unique passion for the game. He leads by example. In the groups that he's been in, that's been talked about.
physically position saying
He's healthy, which is saying a lot. Physically and mentally, he's in a better position than he has been in for a long time.
humility
He is confident, but he has a lot of humility to go with the confidence.
confident efficient kim
Kim was very efficient with his pitches. He's so confident right now.
catching far number pitches playing saw seeing
He's kind of playing behind, catching up, as far as seeing pitches. He saw a number of pitches today.