Ron Gardenhire
Ron Gardenhire
Ronald Clyde Gardenhireis a former Major League Baseball shortstop for the New York Mets and former manager of the Minnesota Twins. He currently serves as a special assistant to the General Manager of the Minnesota Twins, Terry Ryan...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth24 October 1957
CityButzbach, Germany
next pitchers statement year
Does he make a statement to be one of our pitchers for next year? We'll see how he does this year and we'll go from there.
baseball best card division heel pitching position support wild year
That's our Achilles' heel all year long. We've got one of the best pitching staffs in baseball and offensively, we just can't support them. That's why we're in the position we're in in our league, our division and this Wild Card race.
blowing dent
It's like he has a dent in his ankle. Not blowing anything out is pretty amazing, to tell you the truth.
center nice number patch time
It's nice to see that number out there in center field. And we've got that (No. 34) patch on our uniforms, and every time I look at it I think of him.
chased chasing earned few won
They've earned the respect. They won the World Series. We're chasing them. They chased us for a few years.
looking shortened time
They said he shortened everything up, which is what we were looking for. Now you just bide your time here and see where we're at as we go along.
ball catch guys middle
They're very quick. When those guys in the middle catch the ball like that, that's pretty good.
few guys hurt last people realize series
A lot of people thought we were going to the World Series last year. They just didn't realize how young our lineup was. And when we got a few guys hurt, it really hurt us.
bit both conversation good helped learned parties sure thinking
A lot of things got straightened out. It was a good conversation, ... Both parties learned a little bit about what each other is thinking and what's going on. It helped me. I'm sure it helped J.C. I learned a lot from him.
ball facing good hot team
(We're) facing a hot team that's got everything going for them. And we're not really locating the ball as good as we can. That's what it comes down to.
battling easier few good guys numbers players positions start stretching work
We're getting down to a few numbers where we can work it a little easier and not try to get everyone in. We want to start stretching out our players and take a good look at some of these guys that are battling each other and battling for positions on this team.
bunch fans guys saw
We're battling, and we got some big hits. Our fans saw a pretty fired-up bunch of guys out there today.
balls bats definitely few good hit night runs seven shut swing tail three
Three runs in seven innings, that's pretty good pitching, really. He pitched his tail off. Hernandez just pitched better. We didn't swing the bats well tonight. We hit a few balls hard. He definitely shut us down. It was a disappointing night for us.
bats fire fun guys knocked swung
We knocked the fire out of the ball. The guys swung the bats pretty good, and that's fun to see.