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
best chance drew
It's not something we drew up in the dirt. Our best chance was to put him on.
direction nice road step team tough
It's really nice for our team to get another road win, especially after a tough one-run loss. It's another step in the right direction for us, no doubt.
capable drop maybe move people played replace todd
It's played out well so far. We've got options. You're never going to replace a Todd Helton, but you've got capable people that can come in and you can move some people around. It's not as big a drop off as maybe we've had in the past.
eyes guys league looking reflection talk walk
It's up to them now to go down and be a reflection of this camp. I told them eyes will be on them. A lot of guys down there will be looking at how they walk and how they talk once they've been in a big league camp.
errors judgment kinds last
It's unfortunate it's Matt. But those kinds of errors in judgment ... we're not last year's team. We're not going to be last year's team.
advantage behind blocking danny defensive good home improvement marked provided receiving stability taking throwing
Danny is taking advantage of the opportunities that he's been given. He's provided some very good defensive stability behind home plate. His receiving and his blocking and his throwing has been a marked improvement over anything that we've really had here in a long time.
ability behind danny defensive extremely good second skills staff throw
Danny handles the staff extremely well. His defensive skills are second to none. And his ability to throw is as good as there is in our league. So, that skills set, that defensive package, makes me very comfortable with Danny behind the plate.
game mistakes pitch
That's probably a pitch you'd like to have back. But we made a lot of mistakes in the game that put us in that situation.
breaking double happen outside priority thinking
That is never going to happen again. (Sullivan) got outside himself. He was thinking about breaking up a double play. That's priority 'z' in that situation.
appreciate bit extra flash hand high hold lap shake smile taking tradition
That is a tradition I hold in high esteem. Taking a lap around to shake a hand or flash a smile is just a little bit extra to show we appreciate what (the fans) do for us.
capable finding hit picked time
That's a big hit in this ballpark. He's capable of a lot of things and he's finding his own way to contribute. We have one big hit tonight. He had it and it's a four-run swing. He picked us up big time with the bat.
attention brought maybe talk
It was kind of brought to my attention that maybe (Holliday) didn't. We'll talk about it.
kindness passing tickle
It was kind of an oxymoron, me passing him in my Mitsubishi Montero. That used to tickle me.
coming matter weeks
It wasn't a matter of going down for two weeks and coming back.