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
balls confident ground hitters nasty season throws
As the season progressed, it was like, 'Holy cow.' Carlos has such a nasty sinker and throws so many ground balls that he can be really confident about making the hitters put the ball in play.
adjust breaking count early extra good history hitters pitcher pitchers pitches plate presented ready recognize throw whatever works
A lot of times, when a pitcher has a history of good control, the hitters will come up really revved to hit the first pitch. Sometimes that works out for them and sometimes it doesn't. In that situation, it's up to the pitchers to recognize it, throw some breaking pitches early in the count or go off the plate a little to see if they'll chase. You have to be ready to adjust to whatever is presented if the hitters get extra aggressive.
gets hit job mistake seems time
It's not happening, it's just not happening. It seems like every time I make a mistake over the plate, it gets hit pretty hard. I just need to do a little better job of locating the ball. That's all.
hit seen september
I haven't seen us hit like that in a while. If we can do that in September and October, we'll be all right.
good hit threw
I thought I threw a good pitch, and he hit it hard.
guy hit home runs
We have a guy who can hit 30 home runs -- Justin. He should do it real easy.
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.