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
clean happy pitching
We aren't happy with our defense. Sometimes you can clean it up with pitching or hitting. We didn't do exceptionally well in any area.
bullpen good hopefully momentum offense pitches
We haven't been sharp. Off the mound, defensively, there are things we should have done better. We didn't make good pitches out of the bullpen when we got close. The offense rallied late, and hopefully that'll give us some momentum going into (today).
enjoy fun gone plan
We haven't gone there yet. You want to enjoy it. You want to have fun with it. It's an accomplishment in its own right. But, again, we've got a plan in place.
everybody faced pitching
We haven't faced much left-handed pitching (since Sept. 20), and I want to try and keep everybody sharp.
continues emerge games kinds lucky signature
Those kinds of games are signature games. You're lucky if you have one of them in your career. Matty continues to emerge as an up-and-coming professional hitter.
games lucky signature
Those kind of games are signature games. You're lucky if you have one of them in your career.
help hurt opportunity rest weeks
Two weeks of rest is not going to hurt him. It may help him, because it will give him the opportunity to relax.
certain game team whether
Whether it's an old team or a young team, ... there's a certain way the game has to be played.
focus time
We had our chances, but didn't come through. Now it's time to focus on the Reds.
bubble good gum guys middle numbers
Those guys (the middle relief) have some good numbers on the back of their bubble gum cards.
capable extending period true
You know he's capable of doing it, and it's extending out over a long period of time. That will be the true test.
given guys maintain opportunity pitching tom velocity
We know Tom is experienced and he is not going to rattle. We want to see them maintain velocity once we have them pitching back-to-back days. Guys are going to be given every opportunity to show they can't do it.
It got us going in the right direction.
needs week
It's going to take a week to get Barmes and Hawpe their 30 at-bats, ... And Neal just needs to pitch.