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
He can give us a little injection by going in there and doing what he does best.
envisioned
He can do those things. That's what we envisioned when he got him over here.
ball catch pop
He can catch the ball at first base. He can pop the ball as you saw. That's all you can ask.
baseball busted everybody game great guarantee running tail
He always busted his tail off and had a great thing to say to everybody in the clubhouse. I can guarantee you all this, as long as I'm running this baseball team, we will play the game with respect, run the ball out and give you a show, because that is what Kirby would want us to do.
busted talked
He busted his butt down the line. He was out. Shannon probably talked a little too much. It's frustration.
confidence spring types work
He pitched so well in spring training, and he got out of a lot of those types of jams. So you're going to show confidence in him to get out of them, but it just didn't work out.
guys plays
He plays one position. He doesn't play the others. The other guys all play more than one position.
baseball talk talking twins
I don't want to talk J.C, we're talking Twins baseball. Me and J.C. are fine. We've done our business.
call hesitate powerful quality season
He's not only a powerful hitter, he's a quality person. We know what he can do, and if we need him this season we won't hesitate to call him up.
blow carry few learned move past
He's not going to carry that with him. He learned over the past few years to just blow things off. It's over with. You're not going to do anything about it, so you move on. He's fine.
beaten guy leaders-and-leadership lost needs outfield people step
He's one of our leaders. We lost a lot of people this year. Our outfield has been beaten up pretty bad. And Jacque is the one guy who needs to step up, and he's been doing that.
hitters playing roll swinging trying
He's on a little roll right now. He's playing very well right now. I want to keep him in the lineup when he's swinging good. He's been one of our better hitters on this trip. I'm trying to keep him going.
arm future great
He's got a great arm and a great future in this organization.
looks ready
He's got a different mind-set, and it's showing. He looks like he's ready for the challenge.