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
bring himself hit homer might run setting table unless wall win
You bring so much more to the table with all those tools. Unless he's really setting himself back, that's part of being a professional athlete. We didn't want him to run through a wall or anything like that, but ... he might hit a three-run homer to win a ballgame.
game mean next series winning
Winning the first game of the series doesn't mean anything if we don't win the next two, or one of the next two.
continue everybody using
We'll continue using everybody who's in camp. It'll be a competition.
continue everybody judgment ready
We'll continue to let everybody play. This is a competition. I'm not ready to make a judgment at this time. Day to day, things change.
good team
Spoilers are losers, ... I don't want to ever have my team feel good about being spoilers.
case goes guys hope human longer natural seen time
Some guys take a little longer to exhale. It's a natural thing, a human thing. I think that most of the guys I've seen in the league, as time goes on they get more and more comfortable. I hope that's the case with him.
mean
That doesn't mean a whole lot to me.
doubt fact guy hope love pray track
Look at his track record. No doubt about it. I love the fact he's on our staff. I hope and pray he's the guy we all know.
few game winning
(Matsui) has to get back into game shape. The kid's doing really well defensively and we're winning a few games, so there's no rush, that's for sure.
art favorite
The Art of War' is one of my favorite books. To me, it's all about winning. When you go into competition, there is an art to it. There is a way to do it if you want to be the best.
double level nerve player second tougher toughest turn
That's the toughest thing for a young player to learn, and at the major-league level he has to be able to do it consistently. It's tougher to turn the double play at second than at shortstop because your back is to the runner. You have to have a lot of heart, nerve and confidence.
easy execute far five focused game pitchers pitches stay tired wrapped
That's very important. I like my pitchers to stay focused and execute pitches and not get wrapped up in the score, but that's not very easy to do. Jae got a little tired at the end. We had some long innings, but he did keep us in the game as far as getting throught the first five pretty easily.
pitches totally track
Listen, when he pitches if I don't see what I like to see I'm not going to be totally patient. You go by your track record.
brought enthusiasm excited hear incredible join teammate tons tremendous
I was excited to hear that Rickey wanted to join us. He was a tremendous teammate and brought tons of enthusiasm to the clubhouse. I know he'll be an incredible help.