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
everybody mound today took
Everybody that took the mound today was really good.
halfway people talked three winter
The thing was, people we had talked to over the winter didn't want to come our way. We were able to get three of them halfway through the season. So it wasn't by design.
guy
Sometimes I play a guy just because I want to play him.
anybody deal few issues last less movement teams
Teams had issues to deal with over the winter. We had less than most anybody because we had so much more movement the last few years.
slow
Sometimes we are going to slow him down a little bit.
ego gets male
Some times the male ego gets in the way of a lot of things.
ballpark change confidence good help outing scenery stands
Sometimes a change of scenery can help out with the confidence level. That's as good an outing as you're going to see at this ballpark for as long as it stands here.
added forward hoping men moving positive situation steps team took value
Every team that added something is hoping that something pops. Their situation is not more removed than ours. We are moving forward with men that showed some value and took positive steps for us.
anywhere communication gotten managing situation word
Communication and managing crisis, and I use that word loosely, that is gotten with experience. I just think it would be very difficult, and it's a very challenging situation to be in, to never have done it anywhere before and have to do it at this level.
both dog match strong teams top
Do we look at Jason's three-plus years, or Cookie's two strong months? They both want to do it and that's good. They know they are going to match up with the top dog from the other teams more often than not, but they want to do it because they want the challenge. That's what you want to see in your pitchers.
good liking seeing
Very unfortunate. He was having a good spring. We were liking what we were seeing out of Josh.
cut guy involved missing needs people process rarely serious side soapbox
Very rarely do I like to soapbox for one of my players, but if this guy is not in serious consideration, all the people involved in the process are missing the boat. This guy had his side cut open. The way he's pitched, it needs to be recognized.
chances handled winning
You'd think if you handled him, your chances of winning are better. We were able to handle him. We weren't able to handle some of the other guys.
doubt earlier fourth hitting matt mind months protection providing season statement
There's no doubt in my mind that he's gong to get better, and that's what I told Matt earlier in the season when we had a sit-down. I said, 'You're not just hitting fourth anymore. You're our cleanup hitter.' Two months later, I told him, 'What you are doing now is providing protection in the lineup.' That's a big statement for a second-year player.