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
chased chasing few trying
Now we are trying to get back up there and see if we can get back in the playoffs, so we're chasing them. They chased us for a few years and we're chasing them right now.
baseball bit early few healthy hopefully next pitching series ship struggling time trying
We're struggling a bit right now, trying to find our way and trying to get healthy at the same time early in the year. We've got a lot of baseball left, so hopefully we'll right the ship in the next few series and play a little better baseball, pitching and defense.
battling easier few good guys numbers players positions start stretching work
We're getting down to a few numbers where we can work it a little easier and not try to get everyone in. We want to start stretching out our players and take a good look at some of these guys that are battling each other and battling for positions on this team.
balls bats definitely few good hit night runs seven shut swing tail three
Three runs in seven innings, that's pretty good pitching, really. He pitched his tail off. Hernandez just pitched better. We didn't swing the bats well tonight. We hit a few balls hard. He definitely shut us down. It was a disappointing night for us.
ask few forte good guys home hope looked numbers past swinging
We're not used to that around here, guys swinging for home runs, but that's what his forte is. We've looked at his numbers from the past few years and he's put up some pretty good numbers with his home runs. That's what he does. He's going to do that -- we hope -- a lot, and that's what we ask of him, is to swing.
chased chasing earned few won
They've earned the respect. They won the World Series. We're chasing them. They chased us for a few years.
few guys hurt last people realize series
A lot of people thought we were going to the World Series last year. They just didn't realize how young our lineup was. And when we got a few guys hurt, it really hurt us.
believe couple days few gave options players puck talked tough
It has been a tough couple of days and all we can do is go out and try to play baseball. We know that the Puck-man would want us to go out and do this for him. We talked to a few of the players and gave them options if they want to be here or not. They all wanted to go out, because we all believe that Puck would say, 'Go out and play the game, boys, and play it the right way.' And that's what we're going to try to do.
carries few hurt knew nice presence rodriguez searching
Rodriguez knew that if he made a mistake, he was going to get hurt. That was the presence we have been searching for. Having him there with a few other guys, there's a presence there that you have to make some pitches. It carries over and that was nice to see.
ball coming few
He was okay. When he got out of whack, he made a few adjustments to get back in the zone. We like the way the ball is coming out of his hand.
days few found tough
He found out over the weekend. It's been a tough few days for him.
bases days few outfield playing proves run starts
Once he starts playing the outfield and proves to us that he can run the bases and play the outfield a few days in a row, then we'll see where he's at.
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.
ball few mixed thrown
He's mixed in there with a few guys. He has thrown the ball well for us.