Clint Hurdle
Clint Hurdle
Clinton Merrick Hurdleis an American former professional baseball outfielder and current manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. Hurdle played in MLB for the Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals, and has also managed for the Colorado Rockies...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 July 1957
CityBig Rapids, MI
bonds crushed pitch quite
The pitch to Bonds wasn't quite over the plate. But with him if it's up, he can get it. And he crushed it.
game hang horns
We made a lot of mistakes, though, through the game to put us in that position. I don't think you can hang the (goat) horns on Brian.
guy needs
Luis is having some difficulties getting anything going at the plate. He's not where he needs to be or where he can be offensively, yet. He's 0-for-7 off this guy lifetime. It's a manager's decision.
balls capable hitting leaving obviously pitching team
Because they're capable of doing it. And obviously I think the other team would be the first one to tell you, they're not pitching like they can or like they need to. They're probably leaving balls up over the plate. We're getting some balls to hit, and we're hitting them.
chance guy head heart kid older pushing script unless work
I had a script but didn't need it. There's no chance for this to work unless his head and heart are in the right place, and they are. He's not a 23-year-old kid pushing the older guy out of the rotation, and he realizes that.
contract
I have a contract here and I'm big on loyalty. I'm big on my word.
children given good kinds lord outside parenting
What parenting comes down to, I think, if you want to do it right, is you've got to get outside yourself. That's what children do for you. Well, the good Lord has given me all kinds of things right now to get outside myself.
beauty force passion player work
You have to like what you see. His humility. His work ethic. His passion for the game. . . . The beauty of a young player is when they force your hand.
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With respect to the privacy of himself and his family, I'm not going to make any comment on his condition, other than the fact we believe it's in his best interest to put him on the disabled list. The doctors acquired all the information they needed.
hate move position raw skills turn
You hate to keep tweaking things with him. You want to get in a position where he can just move forward. We know the raw skills he has. We have to turn those into game-day skills.
club guys
What was important to me is the way the guys who didn't make the club performed.
believe grow half last learning ourselves players position process saw season second surprise
We've put ourselves in position to surprise people. We went through a learning process last year, and I think you saw in the second half of the season that our young players started to believe they could compete. We started to grow as a franchise.
deal whatever
Whatever we do, we won't make a big deal out of it.
anyone days pitch roles three
There are going to be opportunities in different roles because we don't want to pitch anyone more than three days in a row.