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
good hope
He's a good ballplayer. When he's healthy, defensively he's all over the field. All we can hope for is he's rusty.
best pitcher tonight
We had our best pitcher going tonight and you've got to win. All we can do is try to come back tomorrow.
innings next nine playing seven
We'll put him over there and have him play in some live games. If he can play seven to nine innings and he makes it through it, then he'll be playing by next Tuesday.
good guys hating heals people winning
You know we have a good clubhouse. We just had some people who were frustrated. It wasn't about guys hating each other. You know, winning really heals things.
wanting
I can't see Rad not wanting to go out there.
fastball mph poise talking
I don't think we're talking about poise here. I think we're talking about a 97 mph fastball and a curveball from hell.
fans forget love minnesota players
I don't want our young players to forget where this game's been. It's pretty special, to tell you the truth, to have Harmon Killebrew down here. I know the fans come down from Minnesota to see their heroes, and I know they love that.
depend gets series takes until whether
I don't know, not until he comes out and takes BP. Whether he gets into this series or not will depend on him. He's pretty sore, that's all I know.
castro forever good known prevent quick
Castro is very good at short. He's very quick up the middle. We've known that forever about him. He's going to prevent some runs. That's what he does best.
castro catch guys middle near saw
Castro is going to catch the ball. You saw that when Castro made a play up the middle near the end of the game, and he made it look easy. Not too many guys can do that.
worried
But as I told you before, we're a little worried about this.
guys proves
I don't have to have a lefty. If one of these guys comes in and proves he can do the job, then good, that's a bonus.
committed stay
I'd like to know for my lineups what he's going to do. He told me he'd like to stay, but he's also committed to them. That's something I have to stay out of.
decision
I don't know what to tell you. We're going to try to make a decision here about what's best.