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
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.
backwards bigger breaking issue might pitching start starting
The bigger issue is the first-pitch fastballs they are squaring up. He might have to start pitching backwards (by starting batters with breaking pitches) and doing some things different off the mound.
bullpen starting team wants
If he wants to be back with this team it won't be as part of the starting rotation. He has to see the bullpen as his opportunity.
feelings last seen solid spot starter year
Jamey's a spot starter in Kim's spot, ... We've seen Jamey start 40 times in the last year and a half, I feel very solid about my feelings about Jamey.
bringing interest invited starting
He's not going to be invited back to be a part of the starting rotation. We have interest in bringing him back, but it's only in the bullpen.
adding players start wrong youth
There's nothing wrong with that. Now you can start adding up the one- and two-year players and see that we've got a lot of youth on our side.
allowed effort good run seven starting
If we get that kind of effort (one run allowed by Jennings in seven innings) from our starting pitching, we are going to be in good shape.
catcher depth fragile good group groups position starts
The (improvement) starts with the bullpen. That is a pretty good group for us, one of the better groups we have had. And at catcher we have depth there where before it was a fragile position for us.
difficult extended front goal hold knew onto players start task
Our goal was to give them something to hold onto over the winter. At the start of the season, we knew we had a difficult task in front of us, a lot of challenges. A lot of opportunities were extended to a lot of young players. And a lot of young players answered.
attention focus pay start
Everything will start to come into focus and we will pay more attention to detail.
initially
Initially we just wanted him to be able to get healthy. And now for him to come back and be able to pitch, that's a plus.
further physically seems stretch
I don't know that we want to stretch him out further than that. . . . He doesn't have an old body. He seems to be pretty physically fit.
alarming number
His strikeouts are a little alarming for his number of at-bats,
group todd win
I think it was as important for the group to win without Todd in the lineup as it was for Todd to see the group win without him,