Willie Randolph
Willie Randolph
Willie Larry Randolphis an American former Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. During an 18-year baseball career, he played from 1975 to 1992 for six different teams, most notably the New York Yankees. He has joined ESPN as a postseason baseball analyst, beginning in September 2013. He will mainly be on Baseball Tonight, and provide updates during Monday and Wednesday night September network telecasts...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 July 1954
CityHoly Hill, SC
deal funny guys injuries saying
Not all guys deal with injuries the same way. Some guys can play with injuries, some guys can't. I'm not saying he can't. But hamstrings are a different kind of injury. Like I've said before, hamstrings are a funny kind of injury.
early individual start talking
It's way too early to even start even talking about individual games. Just let them play.
arm feels since spring throwing
It was a different spring for him since he didn't get a lot of throwing in. But he's told me his arm feels super.
helped next time
Any time you have to be helped off the field, you're not going to make your next start.
ahead anytime deep early guys hat pitcher tip
Anytime you go deep on a pitcher in early BP like this, you've got to tip your hat to them, because those guys are way ahead of us.
concerned surgery threat time
Any time there is the threat of surgery you have to be concerned about that.
boxing energy excited fans lane mills
There's an energy to this team. There's an energy about this team. I'm as excited about it as our fans are. What did Mills Lane (old boxing ref) used to say? Let's get it on.
barometer base best bit couple emphasis games good guys knocks relax spring training turn whatever
It was good to see him relax a little bit and get going. Obviously, spring training is not the best barometer for how you base these guys but, you know, he was 0-for-20 or whatever and he had a couple knocks so that's why you don't put a lot of emphasis on games like this because you can turn it around in one day.
crying dwell sounds
You know that I get emotional, but I don't cry. I don't want to dwell too much on that play because it sounds like crying and I don't cry about these things.
against expect games teams tough win
You can't expect to win games against tough teams if you don't execute.
challenge changing expect field kick mindset toward walk
The challenge is changing the mindset toward winning, ... When you walk out on the field every day, you got to expect to kick butt -- or they're going to kick yours. It's not all about talent.
david everybody exciting experience fact fans feet game huge involved kids likes mets night obviously pennant proud special victor
The kids are obviously part of our future, and the fact is they're going to experience, hopefully, a very exciting pennant race. Everybody likes their hits. It's being involved in something that could be special and getting experience when the game counts. Mets fans and the organization should be proud of David Wright and Jose Reyes, and Victor Diaz had a huge night also. And Jake is getting his feet wet.
chance ran stuff time
This is my first time getting a chance to see him on my team. That other stuff from other clubs, that's what he ran into there.
good
This is a good facility; you can get a lot of things accomplished. Even on a day like this, you can get something done.