Ron Guidry
Ron Guidry
Ronald Ames Guidry, nicknamed "Louisiana Lightning" and "Gator", is a former Major League Baseballleft-handed pitcher. He played his entire 14-year baseball career for the New York Yankees of the American League, from 1975 through 1988. Guidry was also the pitching coach of the Yankees from 2006 to 2007...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth28 August 1950
CityLafayette, LA
decision somewhere
I just want a shot, If you have to make a decision somewhere where you don't like me, you go ahead, I'll go home. It won't be personal.
addition bowls chance couple great maybe pitching sure talk
He'd be a great addition to our pitching staff, and if I get a chance to talk to him, I'm sure I'll talk to him, ... Maybe I'll give him a couple bowls of gumbo.
addition bowls couple great pitching staff
He'd be a great addition to the pitching staff here, ... a couple of bowls of gumbo.
earned impressed knew pitch regular respect
He impressed me so much. I've got a lot of respect for him, and he earned a lot from me. He knew he had to go down and pitch on a regular basis.
coming inside
Coming inside is a big part of his repertoire. He just couldn't get it in there.
concerned family far shot spoke thinking
I spoke to my family about it, and they said 'Maybe you should give it a shot before you get too old,' ... I'd been thinking about it, and if you're going to do something, as far as I was concerned you should do it while you're still kind of young.
background good ideas lean people spoken sure talk
I'm probably going to have to lean on a lot of people, ... I've spoken to Joe, and he has a real good background with pitching. I'm going to look to him for a lot of help. ... I have some ideas, but I'll talk to a lot of people to make sure my ideas are sound.
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I hope I can get in the door with that, being left-handed and pitching here, being pretty successful. I've talked to him two or three times the last two or three days. He's been fun to talk to.
door enjoyment fun good hope routines talk talking
I hope I can get in the door with that. He's been fun to talk to. I get an enjoyment out of talking to him, just getting to know his routines and what I'm going to need to do to make him as good as he can be.
baseball master needs pitch thrown
That's the one pitch he needs to master better than he's thrown it here.
great lean people
I'm probably going to lean on a lot of people a great deal,
capacity chances chose coach envisioned free great honor leave pitching secret several
It was no secret when I had several chances to leave as a free agent, I never chose to go anywhere, ... I never envisioned there was any place better to play than in New York. I can't go back and play, but to go back in a capacity as a pitching coach and become part of the organization again, it's a great honor and a great challenge. I think it's going to be fun.
ability confident home job knowledge left pitching took tried
I took this job because I was confident in my own ability and knowledge of pitching to do it. I would never have left home to take a minor-league job, but I also didn't want to get too old and one day say I never tried it.
great reach
You have great stuff. It's not like you can't reach here.