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
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It's added credibility to our evaluation that we had the right people.
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It's a fine line between being intimidated and trying to play smart baseball and win a game.
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I told him the beauty to this game is when you do well you don't go up. You stay around until you do lousy and then figure out how to do well again.
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I told Matt it's unfortunate it's him. This won't be acceptable, no matter who it is.
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I told my guys in the meeting today, man, it's like a snake. If somebody tells me it's dead, I'm going to run over it three times before I believe it. You tell me he's not swinging the bat good, I'll believe it when he's left here and we've been able to handle him.
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It's an uncomfortable spot for the manager. Basically, you don't want anyone to get hurt, whether it be the guy doing the pitching or the guys doing the hitting.
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It reminded me of the days when Maddox used to play center field in Philadelphia, ... They'd say, 'Three-quarters of the world is covered by water, and the other third is covered by Garry Maddox.'
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We have a youthful lineup. They have gone through a stretch where they have collectively come up short driving runs in. Each time it doesn't happen there seems to be more importance or a heightened awareness the next time, an added weight to be fit into place. That's just part of the experience process they have to get through. They have to realize that no matter what happens, we're going to play another game.
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We've seen this guy before in a Pirate uniform. He's no-nonsense. He comes after people. He's not afraid of contact.
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We've seen him play short and how he can play there. We want to keep getting a feel for him at second base.
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We've seen him in a lot of different uniforms. You hope things work out for him.
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The fact is, Kim pitched without a fastball or command of it. That's usually a recipe for disaster in this park.
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The problem you have there, and it's from my learning experience, is when you have one and you're not really sure of him, you keep using him -- and he keeps not getting the job done. You think, 'This is the right move.' Unfortunately, I've fallen into that trap.
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We've stretched him out to five (games) in a row, at the most, so far,