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
against case feeling good hot putting topic
It wasn't a hot topic after the first half. But it's a good feeling to come back and play the way we have against them this season. I think they would acknowledge that now when we have the lead, we're the ones putting them away. That wasn't the case in the past.
best catcher defensive national number people
I've had a number of people come up to me this spring, unsolicited, and tell me that he's the best defensive catcher in the National League.
defense happened kept needed pitching played victory
Not a lot happened offensively, but we just kept grinding, kept pitching well, played defense when we needed to. But we pitched our way to that victory today.
believe starting surprise
Nothing he is going to do is going to surprise me. Like a lot of our players, he is starting to believe in himself.
plays
It's still a long season. We'll see how it plays out.
emphasize falls job player scouts
It's something we have thought about and if it falls into place, it falls into place, ... But I don't want to do it just as a novelty; I want to do it for some meaning. It think it would emphasize the job player development has done for us, and the job the scouts have done.
good invest
It's not free. He is going to invest in his future. It's a good plan.
age bond relative special time
The bond is special between a father, especially relative to his father's age and the time (in his life),
backwards bigger breaking issue might pitching start starting
The bigger issue is the first-pitch fastballs they are squaring up. He might have to start pitching backwards (by starting batters with breaking pitches) and doing some things different off the mound.
ahead
It makes sense to go ahead and get (Kim and Day) into the mix.
needs week
It's going to take a week to get Barmes and Hawpe their 30 at-bats, ... And Neal just needs to pitch.
hurt pitches quality shows
It shows that if you don't make quality pitches you are going to be hurt at this level. After that one-out error, he never really recovered.
athletes bases mistakes ran reason rock whatever work
It's been a little rock in our shoe. We'll work it out. We ran the bases outstanding all spring. For whatever reason we've made some mistakes on the bases. We'll get it tightened up. We've got the athletes to do it.
again goals job rocking since
It's been one of my goals since I got this job to get this place rocking again and get it jammed with people.