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
bounce confident feels playing
He feels better about himself. He's confident -- the whole package. And he's playing good. We thought he would bounce back and play well.
days few found tough
He found out over the weekend. It's been a tough few days for him.
start wearing
He'd start wearing down. He'd tighten up a bit. You could tell.
calm doubt gets hopefully wound
He gets a little wound up here, no doubt. Hopefully we can calm him down a little tonight.
absolute bull calm expected gets raging ready rush saw
He gets a little raging bull out there sometimes. He's got to calm down. But we saw everything we expected to and more. To say he's ready for the big leagues, yeah, if we were in absolute need, he'd be fine. But we're not going to rush him.
gets good handled himself knows lazy sloppy talked
He gets a little lazy at times on the drills. But he knows what he's doing on the mound. He's a good fielder; he just gets a little sloppy at times. We talked to him about that. He's handled himself very well.
fun grabbing guys moves pull share
Having guys pull for each other, everyone grabbing an oar, you can have a lot of fun. It's an old T.K. saying, ... 'If everyone grabs an oar and moves his share of water, we'll be OK.' That's what we're after.
knows men pitches
He made some pitches after that (triple). That's what he can do very well. He knows how to pitch with men on base.
looked
He looked like he was on a mission. He wasn't going to give us anything.
awhile brought everyday good kept missed needs rather sit year
He needs to go down and get everyday at-bats rather than sit up here on the bench. He's missed a year-plus of baseball. We brought him up here and kept him up awhile to see where he's at. He's doing pretty good after being out a year of baseball.
missed near spots
He missed his spots early, but he started locating a little better near the end.
might slow
He might be a little slow on some stuff, going right and left, ... Anything routine, he's going to make.
field fun knew
When he was on the field, he knew what was going on. He was always in the game. ... I had a lot of fun with Denny. I probably knew him as well as anybody.
change needed respect tension wish
Sure, there was some tension between myself and a lot of players, but he needed to change. I needed to change. But it doesn't change the respect that I have for the guy. I wish him the best.