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
believe lost
I don't believe he's lost a whole lot.
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I believe the longer he goes without one, the more he's due.
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Nobody here has taken him and put him in a chair and tried to get him wound up so tight that he can't perform by breaking down his mechanics, ... We've kept things as simple as possible for a young left-handed pitcher to go out there and perform. I really believe that, at this point and time in the season, this is one of the more challenging things that's happened to him in his career. This'll be a good barometer of who and what he is.
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With respect to the privacy of himself and his family, I'm not going to make any comment on his condition, other than the fact we believe it's in his best interest to put him on the disabled list. The doctors acquired all the information they needed.
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We've put ourselves in position to surprise people. We went through a learning process last year, and I think you saw in the second half of the season that our young players started to believe they could compete. We started to grow as a franchise.
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Nothing he is going to do is going to surprise me. Like a lot of our players, he is starting to believe in himself.
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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.
beat believe forward opportunity
They have a lot to prove. I look forward to the opportunity to go play games. They believe they can beat anybody.
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He is completely healed, and with his ability we believe he'll keep improving. I believe that. He believes that, and his teammates believe in him.
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I really believe there are reasons you see so many people that have limited celebrity, or a lot of celebrity, have these special-needs children come into their lives, ... I do believe that it's part of God's perfect plan to get the message out.
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I don't think there's any doubt that he believes now that he has arrived, that he can make pitches, that he can win, that he can compete and he can become a force in this league.
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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.
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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.
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We tried to create some game situations, and he moved around pretty well.