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
against baseball contending four good stand standing teams tough
We made a good stand here against some very good baseball teams. We're .500 against four teams that are all going to be contending for the playoffs. We're standing at .500 here after a tough start, and we've really battled back to get to .500. And you know what, that's not bad.
against anybody effort field fighting goal hard playing playoffs teams
We're playing against teams that are fighting for the playoffs and we're going to make every effort to get after it as hard as we can, ... My goal is not to let anybody clinch while we're on the field with them.
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I want the whole player back. You have to guard against letting him get out there and trying to force too much or letting him do too much early. It's nice to see and I'm really happy that he's back out there running around, because when it happened, there was a lot of talk that some guys never come back from this. It looks like he's beating the odds right now.
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It was good to win the series and take two of three against one of the hotter teams. We had some big hits. Redmond was huge and Shannon had a big hit for us. We need to keep winning series.
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They can pitch, catch the ball and swing the bat. It's a very good baseball team. They put a lot of money into it this winter and it will be a fun opening series for us against a good baseball team.
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They brought some people in here that have good numbers against Johan. I was looking at it before the game. I knew Molina had done well.
against feels game hat last ownership players tip trying
I tip my hat to him. I'm not trying to go against ownership or anything like that, but I've always said that players should get as much as they can in this game - because it doesn't last that long. I say congratulations to him, and now let's play baseball. That's the way he feels too.
again hitting next start
He's getting an MRI. If that comes out OK, he can start hitting again next week.
against pitchers throwing
He doesn't have any issues? Not with the pitchers I was throwing against them.
against good teams
Not very many teams have been very good against him.
against hurt mistakes pitchers
If pitchers make mistakes against those guys, they can hurt you.
against needs quiet work
He's a quiet kid, and sometimes that's going to work against you. In the middle, you have to be vocal. And that's what I want him to understand. He needs to go down there and take control. Play as a quarterback, as you will.
division gotten people tried
We tried to tell people in the off-season that this division had gotten better and would be very tough.
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We talked about it and moved them over a couple steps last night, but we're going to have to do better than that. You have to make adjustments based on who's pitching. If the ball goes through that hole a couple of times, then why don't we just move over so we can stop it?