Brad Radke
Brad Radke
Brad William Radkeis a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played his entire 12 season career with the Minnesota Twins. Radke won 148 career games and was one of the most consistent pitchers in the Twins organization during the late 90's. He officially announced his retirement from baseball on December 19, 2006...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 October 1972
couple good hands hard last obviously people tough
It's obviously very hard for a lot of people right now. It's been a tough last couple of days. He's with good hands right now, you know, but he's going to be very missed.
bases free guys harder limiting walks work
Keep guys off the bases by limiting walks and you really give yourself a chance. Guys are going to get hits. But if you limit those free passes, they have to work a lot harder to put up runs.
begins hard home season settled takes time
I don't think the season really begins for about two weeks. We were just getting in off the road, and that's hard enough. It takes time to get settled in at home and get comfortable.
everybody kept
Everybody was quiet, pretty much kept to themselves.
signed
They keep everyone loose. That was something I thought about when I signed back here.
bit came eye guys lose nice opener track
It's nice to see where you came up from. You kind of lose track of those guys when you're up here. It's a little bit of an eye opener to go back.
ready slider
I'm ready to go. My slider is working pretty well, and that's my fourth-best pitch. It's working better for me this year.
beat couple felt good mistakes
I made a couple mistakes and they beat me today. I felt pretty good out there. I just made a couple mistakes.
bats good pitches
I made some good pitches there, and our bats did the rest,
calling sure works
Not calling it anything yet. I've got to make sure it works first.
couple secret today weapon
It's working better, as I had a strikeout on it today and a couple of other strikes. The secret weapon is coming.
drives point
It's to the point where ... it just drives you crazy,
andy learn learned seemed telling whatever
It seemed like he really wanted to learn and he learned fast. I don't know what Andy was telling him, but whatever it was it sunk in real fast.
five
Because I'm getting old. I can't go out there with the same slop every five days.