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
ask baseball cycles game goes likes pitching tells
He still likes baseball. He'll always ask me, 'Who's pitching today?' He always tells me the game goes in cycles -- he's right.
best doubt player saw
He's the best player I ever saw on the field, without a doubt.
fire great hitter
He's on fire right now. He's a great hitter in a great zone.
baseball fun goes heart intense wants win
He's pretty intense right now. No one wants to win any more than Johan. He's all about winning. That's why it's fun to have him on your baseball team. When he goes out there, you can see it in his heart that he wants to win for this baseball team.
ball feeling legs ran running says third
He's running around fine. He ran from first to third on a ball the other day and his legs are doing good. He says he's feeling good.
offense
I don't know if it was our offense or the flu.
offence
I don't know if it was our offence or the flu.
balls bats half position season spring start
He told me they didn't play him at all in a position in Spring Training, and then they get to the season and half way through they start him in the outfield. We just need to get him out there so he can see balls off bats and try to get him acclimated.
help takes whatever willing
He told me he's willing to do whatever it takes to help us win.
felt fine good threw
He threw well and felt fine afterward. That's good news.
ahead count wore
He's working ahead in the count more than he ever has. He kind of wore us out.
best mixing valuable wants
He's very valuable in that respect. And I know what he wants to do. He wants to get to one place and play. I'm just mixing it up as best I can.
hard issue man plenty push smart sure
He's very sure of himself. He's a very smart young man, and I'm sure that things like (White retiring) won't go by him. He'll push the issue as hard as he can. He'll get plenty of opportunities.
ball threw
He threw the ball real well. He went right at their hitters.