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
almost anywhere ask bit field innings low player position ready spring
We had almost every position player play anywhere from the low 60s to 100 innings in the field (in spring training). We're not probably going to ask him to do that much, but it's going to need to be a little bit more than him just getting 25 at-bats and being ready to go.
added revisit time volume
We had to revisit that from time to time. But by the end of the season, that added more volume to what he did accomplish.
five innings seven steps
We've got steps to take before that. Five innings tonight, seven innings tomorrow.
care created deal depth situations winter
We've got options. We've created depth all winter to take care of any situations like this. It's very unfortunate. But it has happened, and we'll deal with it accordingly.
body given laugh parts past road
We're not going to laugh at a 5-4 road trip. We've had times in the past we would have given body parts for a 5-4 road trip.
inventory land last rookies sent stay took wave
We're not going to continually put 20 rookies out there. That's why we took the inventory that we took the last two years to find out what we had, and find a wave that would land and stay on beach, not be sent back out to the sea.
replay speaks
We play them 14 more times ... I think the replay speaks for itself.
left number people runs
We probably didn't get the number of runs we should have been able to get. We left a lot of people on base.
artistic hits offensive played runs six team
We didn't play our best. We wobbled out of the bullpen, we got six runs on six hits and 10 walks, which probably wasn't very artistic from an offensive standpoint, but we played better than the other team tonight.
bearing fruits growing
We have had growing pains, but we are now bearing the fruits of that.
bench guys
We have always been big on guys on the bench being versatile.
buy games hit last needed three
We couldn't buy a hit when we needed one. We went three games where we got the hit when we needed it and we haven't been able to get one the last three games.
fruits happen hard reap worked year
We have worked hard this year to get better. That has started to happen and we want (the players) to reap the fruits of their hard work.
came statement tonight
We came out tonight and made a statement in the first inning.