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
figure gets somebody start time trying
Every time you start trying to figure something out, somebody gets whacked. So we're just going to let it go down to the end.
arguing ball catch great job looked pitcher pitchers start turned wood
Their pitcher was aware. Wood did a great job there. Most pitchers would catch the ball and start arguing with the umpire. He was very aware. He turned around looked home. He did a great job on that play.
ball bullpen came faced good nasty pitches
Their bullpen came in with some nasty people. We haven't faced those guys, and they were making some good pitches and locating the ball very well.
ate guy shut throwing totally
Their guy totally shut us down. A big, tall guy throwing sliders and sinkers. He totally ate us up.
I'll try to find a way to get him back in there tomorrow.
liked
I know it's early, but we've always liked the way he's thrown.
hammered throw
In this league, you're going to get hammered if you just throw fastballs.
fall hope means race sure until
I hope he doesn't get a start, because if he doesn't that means we're in the race until the end. But if we fall out of it, sure we'll take a look at that.
fear
I have no fear with those two young men,
cold
I had to get him out of there with these cold temperatures. He's not used to this cold.
funny laughs tony
I'm Tony Batista from the Dominican Republic. He's a pretty funny guy. We've had a lot of laughs already.
given heck honored respect thinks
I'm honored that he even thinks about me for that. I respect the heck out of Ozzie and always have. I just don't know yet. I haven't given it much thought.
game gave majors pitch until
It was his game until he gave up a run. You don't get too many opportunities in the majors to pitch a 1-0 shutout.
guys step
They've had some guys step up and play very, very well for them,