Grady Little
Grady Little
William Grady Littleis a former manager in Major League Baseball, currently working in the front office of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He managed the Boston Red Sox from 2002 to 2003 and the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2006 to 2007. He was inducted into the Kinston, North Carolina, Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001 and was inducted into the Hagerstown Suns Hall of Fame on April 13, 2009...
busting concerned good left loose mainly point quality threw time
We're still at a point in time where we're just mainly concerned with him busting loose all the adhesions that could be left in there from his injury, and I think that's about done. He pitched some outstanding change-ups and threw some good quality fastballs there.
baseball good hoped point takes
We feel good about him being able to do that. He's at a point where we hoped he'd be when he takes off to go to the World Baseball Classic.
arm glimpse good hearing pitcher results strong today took
Today we got a good glimpse of the pitcher we've been hearing about. He's got a strong arm and he took it right at hitters, and the results showed.
ahead common early goes good hitters normally pitchers spring time
They've been doing a good job. Normally at this time of the year, the pitchers are ahead of the hitters and that's a common occurrence this early in spring training. We'll see how it progresses as the spring goes along.
good job liked others pitchers starting today tone
I kind of liked them all, starting with the one Robles hit. The others didn't take that long to get out of there. But the tone for today was set by the two starting pitchers out there. I thought they did a good job of getting done what they wanted to get done out there.
concern saying
We have some concern for Navarro. They're saying 10-to-14 days.
ready work
Outstanding. He just getting his work in and getting ready for a big season.
across crossed fortunate job judge managing people ran result
That crossed my mind. I was very fortunate that I ran across some people that didn't judge the job I can do managing just on the result of one decision.
couple days feeling last looking start
J.D. the last couple of days you could see him start getting the feeling that he's been looking for.
capable managing red spent
Not really, because I know myself and I know what I'm capable of doing and what I did do while I spent two years there managing the Red Sox.
actions movements takes time
It takes time to get comfortable. The actions and movements are different, but I'm not worried.
afford point stop
At that point in time, I couldn't afford to stop as often as I can now.
bat change dictate dictates hard kid plays
This kid has got some abilities with the bat that are hard to ignore. His bat will dictate how much he plays and where he plays as much as anything else. His bat dictates the change (in position) in the first place.
few talent
There's a lot of kids, a lot of talent and very few positions.