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
finish pick
He's gong to have to pick it up and finish with a flurry.
addition later welcome
He's going to be a welcome addition to our club. He'll just be later than earlier.
opportunity pitches presented wasting
He's been working on an assortment of pitches to use if that opportunity is ever presented to him. I think he's wasting his time.
brings fun love passion watch
He's fun to watch. He's an interesting kid. How can you not love him? How can you not love to watch him play? The passion he brings and the energy.
freedom fun hesitant knows nice playing smart
He's doing fine. He knows he has the freedom to play, be smart but be aggressive. We don't want to see him with a hesitant nature. We want him to play like he's 6 and playing in the backyard. He's done some nice things. He's fun to watch.
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.
future great learning turn
He is a part of our future and I know he can turn this into a great learning experience.
humility
He is confident, but he has a lot of humility to go with the confidence.
ability believe believes teammates
He is completely healed, and with his ability we believe he'll keep improving. I believe that. He believes that, and his teammates believe in him.
ability capable confidence deliver game knows talked wait
He is capable of better and we need better from him. We know and he knows he can deliver better. I talked with him during the game and after the game. Sometimes you have confidence in your ability and wait for things to happen. And sometimes you have to make things happen.
bless colorado fix god knows people seen since three time
He has said the same thing for three outings. I'd like to see him make an adjustment. . . . We have people in Colorado who have seen it, but it's been awhile. If he knows what's wrong, God bless him. Fix it. It's been a long time since Zach Day has pitched well.
corner paint people strike
He has that strikeout pitch. When you can strike people out you can paint yourself into a corner because you have that way to get out of it.
asked pride skills takes
He is a ballplayer. He takes a lot of pride in what he is asked to do. He is comfortable with who he is and the skills he has.
board chance concerns few major pitcher runs
He had a chance to put the pitcher away and keep all those runs off the board but he wasn't able to do it and the inning unraveled on him. But he's got a few more starts. I don't have any major concerns about him.