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
along last relaxed seemed sure year
Cuddy got better and better as the year went along last year, especially when we put him in the outfield. He relaxed a little bit. I'm sure he'll say no, but he seemed to do better there.
andy concern individual pitchers pitches talking themselves watches
Andy watches it all the time, now we're talking to individual pitchers about doing it. They do go watch it when they come out of the games. They watch themselves a lot. It's not so much a concern about tipping pitches but making better pitches.
andy talking watches
Andy watches it all the time. Now we're talking about it with each pitcher.
And we were very entertained by that in the dugout. That was very entertaining.
game good great loss pitching
Another great pitched game by Johan. Another loss for a good pitching performance.
legs outfield
We need to get him able to play the outfield and let him get his legs back.
facing knew league runs tough
We were facing one of the better righthanders in the league tonight. We knew it was going to be tough, runs would be at a premium. He made it really tough on us. We really didn't have many opportunities.
check closer deal order tomorrow until
You can't deal with it until we're closer and see where everything is at. First, they have to check him out tomorrow and see if it's healed. That's the first order of business.
adding bad bats behind early game great kept lousy missed night swing
We had a really bad night tonight, all the way around. That was just a lousy game by us. We got behind early and just kept adding on. We missed plays, didn't swing the bats great and just had a lousy game.
bring bunch damage figured guys looking past respected role
We've had a bunch of young guys in that role in the past. He was looking for a job. We always respected him. He's done enough damage to us over the years, so we figured why not bring him over to our side.
carry gonna good pitching worried
We've got a good enough pitching staff. I'm not worried about them. I think they're pretty good, and I think they're gonna carry us as we go along.
ball exactly finally hard himself last pitches points time trying zone
Well, he got himself into it, so I can't exactly give him points for getting out. I think the last inning, he finally got some pitches down, but a lot were up. That's something we've been working on and really trying to get him to keep the ball down better in the zone and keep his angle. He had a hard time today. But he got through it and didn't implode.
handle jokes took
We did a lot of talking. I didn't handle it good; he didn't handle it good. I make a lot of jokes about it now, because I know now there probably wasn't as much there as I read into it. I took it personal, and it really wasn't personal.
indicate record
(Blanton's) record doesn't indicate that he's Cy Young, but we made him look like that.