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
five innings less pitches plays ugly
He was up a little bit, 75 pitches in less than five innings is getting up there. He battled OK, but we had some ugly plays out there.
couple
He says, 'We've just got to get him through the first couple innings,'
hoping strength
He has no strength in it, ... We were hoping that he would be a little better, and he's not.
ball balls beat deception falling good hard hit missed mixed
He had good deception tonight. The ball was going in there pretty good, he made some pitches. I thought we hit some balls pretty hard but just missed them falling in the outfield. But he pitched good enough and mixed it up good enough to beat us.
ball coming few
He was okay. When he got out of whack, he made a few adjustments to get back in the zone. We like the way the ball is coming out of his hand.
fun good stepped
He was ready. He stepped into a good situation. It was fun to see.
best field player
He was the best player on the field I ever saw.
convince life trying uniform
He was restarting his life out there. We were trying to convince him to come back and put the uniform on again, and we were getting close.
convince life married thinking trying uniform
He was restarting his life out there. He was thinking about getting married again. We were trying to convince him to come back and put the uniform on again, and we were getting close.
man mission pitching
He's pitching like a man on a mission on the mound.
common prove tells
He's pitched very well. He hasn't done anything to prove to us that he shouldn't be (in the rotation). I think common sense tells you pretty much where it is.
wants
He wants to play. But I'm just going to give him a day break.
chance everybody people separate
He didn't separate people. Everybody had a chance to be his friend. He always made you feel welcomed. Not too many people like that.
ball dugout good guy move stood talked
He didn't even move. He just stood there at second. I talked to him in the dugout and he said he thought the ball was going to go foul. You still would be running. To me, that's not a good enough answer. So I just put the other guy out there and we move on.