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
balls capitalize good hitters poor
Good hitters capitalize on poor pitching. He got some balls up in the zone.
bust gets hitters
Sometimes big hitters try to do too much. Sometimes he gets down on himself, but we keep him going. He's going to bust out of it.
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Every situation is totally different for me. Every team that faces Barry Bonds has the same dilemma. You just pick your spots in the course of the game and you try to make the right decision and hope that it's executed. It's no different than any other team. Obviously, he's still a presence and obviously he's still one of the best hitters in the game and you have to be very conscious of him.
expect hitter hitting people prefer third
I told him that I'd prefer him not to do that, ... I know that I'm hitting third and a lot of people expect the third hitter to never bunt. I don't think like that.
muscle pull
Pull a muscle in the on-deck circle, how do you do that?
talked wants
He wants to be the best. We've talked a lot about his approach.
spit sure taste
I just told them to make sure they don't like the taste they have in their mouth, that they spit it out right away,
comforting glad wants
It's very comforting to have him. He wants to be the best, and we're glad to have him.
concerned second worried
It's only his second start. I'm not concerned or worried about it.
overthrow sure tendency tonight
He has the tendency to overthrow the ball. I'm sure tonight it was no different.
david
It's a little different than David Wright .
boils learning matter pains winning
It's just a matter of going through the pains of learning how to play winning baseball, ... That's really what it boils down to.
braves game id lose somebody year
If somebody told me wed lose every game to the Braves this year and be in the World Series, Id take that.
bleak change clubhouse matter positive stay
No matter how bleak things look, in this clubhouse we're going to stay positive and keep playing. Things can change around.