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
beat hit legs running
It was a hit in the gap, so it wasn't like he had to beat a play to home, but he was running good. His legs feel good.
coming friday fun guys night situation
It was a big situation like this, these guys coming into town, a big Friday night and he withstood everything. That was fun to see.
nice night tough ugly win
It was a nice win on a very ugly night and tough conditions.
clubhouse nice smiles
It was nice to see some smiles in the clubhouse for once.
nice relax
It was nice to get a lead, relax a little bit, and get Radke some runs.
spring tough training
It was kind of a tough thing to concentrate on a spring training game.
came chance early four held innings played runs sweep time win
Any time you get a chance to win a series, that's what it's all about. We had a chance to sweep them here but they played well, they came back and jumped on us early and got some runs off Lohse in the first four innings and then held a lead.
classy exactly falling hard hits needs roots
That's exactly what's going on. He's such a classy guy, and he roots so hard for everyone else. He needs to get some hits falling in for his own confidence. Not for us. I have confidence.
bit guy speed
That's a little bit scary. That is our speed guy off the bench.
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.
add charlotte half hour minutes port takes team
It takes us an hour and a half to get to Sarasota and Bradenton, and you can add 15-20 minutes more with the traffic. A team in Port Charlotte would be perfect.