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
april ready rolls time
I feel pretty good. By the time April rolls around I should be ready to go.
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.
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.
five
Because I'm getting old. I can't go out there with the same slop every five days.
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.
battling hopefully looking rhythm
This one was pretty rough. I think it's probably the roughest one I've had. I just have to keep battling away and hopefully find that rhythm that I'm looking for.
good seen september
Shoot, haven't seen anything like that in a while. It's good to see. Hopefully, we'll do that in April, May, June, July, August, September and October. If we do that, we'll be all right.
I still haven't decided. I'll let you know down the road.
few guys help last offense
Our offense is much improved. We had a few guys who had down years last year. They'll help out more.
bats hopefully spread
That's two in a row. Hopefully we can spread 'em out and get the bats going at home.
good hit threw
I thought I threw a good pitch, and he hit it hard.
small teams
I think these two teams have a lot in common. We can look out and say, 'Look what the A's can do with a small payroll' and we're in the same boat.
hopefully
Hopefully this will kind of get us going a little bit.
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.