Mike Redmond
Mike Redmond
Michael Patrick Redmondis an American former professional baseball catcher and manager. He played for 13 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Florida Marlins, Minnesota Twins, and Cleveland Indians. In 864 career games, Redmond recorded a batting average of .287 and accumulated 13 home runs, and 243 runs batted in...
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Nobody was enjoying those types of conditions. It's just not fun playing baseball when it's 100 degrees out. It's just miserable. You have to suck it up. It shows what your team is made of when you play in tough conditions. Our team has a lot of character.
ask defense gold hit involved keeping pitchers winning
The only thing that's keeping him from winning a Gold Glove is he doesn't hit .300. Ask the pitchers how important defense is to them. Shortstop is such an important position. There's so many different plays. They're involved in everything.
guys late step
When you get late in the season, you need guys to step up and get big hits. That's his job.
ball catch expect pitch ready
It's kind of always an uncomfortable catch because you can't really consistently expect the ball to be in the same spot. Every pitch does something different. You know it's coming, but you've got to be ready for anything.
shows suck team
You've got to suck it up. It shows you what our team's made of. This team has a lot of character. We're not going to give up.
ahead breaking execute fastball focused guys mix plan trying
You're not really focused on necessarily getting guys out more than you are trying to execute some pitches. Most of the time, we have in our plan just trying to get ahead with our fastball and mix in some breaking balls.
painful
This is probably the most painful thing I've been through.
ability alex dugout guys heads saw seen shaking tough
I saw more guys shaking their heads going to the dugout than I'd ever seen before. The thing about Alex Gonzalez is, he has the ability to make the tough play look routine.
guys plays
He doesn't know many guys. Signs, philosophies, everything is completely different to him. ... But Luis is one of those guys who plays on instincts. He's got a lot of talent, so he'll be fine.
bit finishing guys injury played playing point preached quite season
I preached to a lot of guys in here about playing and finishing strong. It's frustrating for myself to not be able to finish, but I know it's an injury I've had for quite a bit of the season and have played through it. It got to the point where I couldn't do it anymore. I couldn't.
group row string wins
Hey, it can happen. Who's to say that if we string a group of 10, 11, 12 wins in a row we can't make up this ground? This is what you want.
routine
I'd say that's a pretty routine play for him.
giving bob uniforms
I am truly honored because I know, obviously, what Bob meant to the Twins. I always told myself, when I put a uniform on for the first time in 1998, that I'm going to give everything I have.
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I like the feel of our team, man. All the guys have just fit in great and are great guys. I'm excited, I really am. With our pitching and mix of guys we have, I think we're in good shape.