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
exactly light spring
He didn't exactly light it up in spring training. We didn't know where it was going.
watched
Have you watched us bunt? Does it look like we have it down now?
barely behind pitches types zone
He just didn't make enough pitches today. He was all around the zone but he just missed. He was barely missing, but when you get behind these guys, those types of hitters, that's what happens.
hoping likes lingering sit
He likes to play and he'll play through anything, so when he has to sit out, you know he's hurting. That's a little scary. I'm just hoping it's not a lingering thing.
bit couple days knee sore today
He jammed his knee a bit on the play. He called me over today and said he was a bit sore in his leg, so we'll give him a couple of days off with the off-day tomorrow.
good guys runs score win
This was a good win for us. To come out and score some runs and get a lead, we haven't done that very often. It was fun. The guys got to run the bases.
change gets hoping matter
It doesn't change ... no matter when or where you see Puck, when he comes around everything is brightened up. Now we are just all hoping that he gets through this thing OK.
drifted
It drifted down, and he just went and got it.
good swinging
I tell him to keep swinging and good things will happen.
ball bit close knows missing veteran worry
I think he's just missing the ball a little bit right now. He's close to whacking it a little bit. I don't worry about him, he's a veteran and he knows how to hit. He'll get his hits.
balls close knows missing worry
I think he's been just missing some balls. I can show you struggling, if you want to see some highlights. He's really close to whacking it pretty good. I don't worry about him. He's a veteran. He knows how to hit.
ginger leave options runs spring until
I still think he runs a little ginger at times. But he's doing everything he has to do. I'm never going to say never until we get down to the end of spring training. I think you just leave your options open.
bench besides count groin guy guys knows last muscle speed
It didn't feel good, so that's a little scary. A groin muscle can last who knows how many days. He's one of the guys we count on off the bench to pinch-run, and that is our speed guy off the bench. We don't really have much off the bench as speed guys go, besides him.
bad clicking consistent good hitters
We have a lot of good hitters in our lineup. We're just not clicking yet. We have one good day and one bad day. We've just got to get a little more consistent as a whole unit.