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 gave home ninth save score shot
The game's at home and you're tied. It's not a save situation. I thought (Fuentes) gave us the best shot to get to the ninth and score a run.
against confidence defense gives guys hitting initiate last months people pitch run season solid teams three timely type
The confidence that comes from getting on any type of run gives you that confidence once you initiate that run again. We've got to pitch well, we've got to play solid defense and we've got to get timely hitting and execute, which is what we did for the last three months last season - with a lot of guys people didn't know against a lot of teams with some pretty big names.
catcher depth fragile good group groups position starts
The (improvement) starts with the bullpen. That is a pretty good group for us, one of the better groups we have had. And at catcher we have depth there where before it was a fragile position for us.
bad ball baseball double good hit lets played run three
You've got a double-play ball if he catches it or lets it go. Then Tucker's ball hit his foot. If it was a double play, we wouldn't have run into all that other trouble. We had one bad inning in three days. We played good baseball here.
involved teams west
All the teams in the West feel like they have a shot. We aren't involved in (the race). But we could be very involved.
everybody statement tonight took
These are opportunities for growth. Everybody made a statement tonight that took the ball.
forward guys letting looking momentum people
These guys want to take some momentum into '06. They are looking forward to letting people know that we're going to show up and play.
adversity guys overcame
These guys overcame adversity. They persevered through it all.
chance chart guys
These guys have a chance to chart a new course.
heart held last players took
All the players took to heart the conversations that were held at the end of last season.
power stops until
The man's got power, he's had power, he will have power until he stops playing.
believe momentum patience position providing showing team
I do believe we are in this position by showing patience and providing opportunities during the season. I don't want to take away from any momentum the team has gained.
believe heart pitching win
I believe in my heart that if we are to going to win here (long-term), ... it's going to be with pitching and defense.
ball built came confidence good happen helped himself hit last later might pitches position strikes threw together
He came in and helped Band-Aid things together and put himself in a good position for what might happen later on down the road. He built his confidence up. He pitched a lot better than he did last spring. He hit his spots, threw all his pitches for strikes and got the ball down.