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
bit less muscle people percent pulls season shoulder sore starting sudden talking types
To me, starting the season with people less than 100 percent is very, very scary. I'm not talking about a little bit of a sore shoulder or something you play through, but I'm talking about muscle pulls and those types of things. Those come back and all of a sudden you're out.
baseball fun past puck punching situation starts
We're going through enough in our situation here with Puck and the whole package, and then this comes back out and starts punching baseball in the head. It's not much fun to see again. I thought we were past that era.
good start
We feel pretty good when you start writing out a roster. Even with the injuries, it's not bad.
good innings news ready somewhat start stretched whether
The good news is that we'll get his innings stretched out and he'll be somewhat ready to start the season. Whether it's here right away or down the road, he'll be on that schedule.
anybody bullpen protected ready september starting themselves throwing
We've protected our starting staff, so they're good, they're ready to go. We haven't let anybody kill themselves throwing 120 pitches, so we're set up for September pitching-wise, if our bullpen can maintain.
fear half handle lead maybe people starting
Maybe we can put some fear in them, They have a single-digit lead (over Cleveland) now, so you know they're starting to feel the effects. And that's half the battle, to see how people handle things.
sending silly start stupid
Sending him back out there, that's a little silly to try to do something stupid with a man's career. We haven't done that to him all year, and we weren't going to start today.
clicking scoring starts
It could be a while if our lineup starts clicking and scoring some runs.
case guy looking looks start toward
He was a little out of whack before, but he's not out of whack anymore. This guy is making a case for himself. You get down toward the playoffs, you start looking at who can do it and who can't. It looks like he can do some things.
guys offense pick score starters
Guys are trying. Guys are out there playing. You've also got to score some runs, too. Our starters haven't been getting it done. Our offense has to pick them up.
bit contract figured good guys start thinking
He's got the contract thing, the whole package. When you're in your contract year, you start thinking about it. Guys that can play a little bit usually get after it pretty good. We figured he'd be on a pretty good mission.
happens hit instead mistakes pitcher pitches start swinging
He's getting better pitches to hit. That's what happens when you start swinging well. The pitcher makes mistakes and you hit it instead of fouling it off.
again hitting next start
He's getting an MRI. If that comes out OK, he can start hitting again next week.
push starting worry
We have time, but if we push it another week, it's going to be iffy. I'm starting to worry a little bit.