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
looking pitch ready replace somebody until
Until we have somebody ready to replace him, we'll be patient. We're not looking for a replacement, we're looking for him to pitch better.
fastball utilize
We want to see his command, we want him to utilize his pitches, ... We also want to see him use his two-seam fastball and sinkerball.
benefit coach collins work
We've all put a lot of work in this project. The organization has put a lot of work in. He's put a lot of work in. Coach (Davey) Collins has put a lot of work in. When you put that much work in you want to benefit from it when it clicks.
game hang horns
We made a lot of mistakes, though, through the game to put us in that position. I don't think you can hang the (goat) horns on Brian.
behind change direction front land layout marks starting
We're starting to make some marks in the right direction on the road. The layout of the land behind us is what it is. We can't change that. We can change what's in front of us.
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.
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.
catch good played short slope throw toss yesterday
He played short catch yesterday and long toss today. We'll try to get him up on a slope and throw tomorrow, and see where we go from there. He's making good progress, though.
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.
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.