Ron Guidry
Ron Guidry
Ronald Ames Guidry, nicknamed "Louisiana Lightning" and "Gator", is a former Major League Baseballleft-handed pitcher. He played his entire 14-year baseball career for the New York Yankees of the American League, from 1975 through 1988. Guidry was also the pitching coach of the Yankees from 2006 to 2007...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth28 August 1950
CityLafayette, LA
door enjoyment fun good hope routines talk talking
I hope I can get in the door with that. He's been fun to talk to. I get an enjoyment out of talking to him, just getting to know his routines and what I'm going to need to do to make him as good as he can be.
door fun hope last pitching talked three
I hope I can get in the door with that, being left-handed and pitching here, being pretty successful. I've talked to him two or three times the last two or three days. He's been fun to talk to.
decision somewhere
I just want a shot, If you have to make a decision somewhere where you don't like me, you go ahead, I'll go home. It won't be personal.
ball since threw throwing
He threw the ball pretty well. He said he's been throwing since Thanksgiving.
great reach
You have great stuff. It's not like you can't reach here.
earned impressed knew pitch regular respect
He impressed me so much. I've got a lot of respect for him, and he earned a lot from me. He knew he had to go down and pitch on a regular basis.
ball came couple days driving found high looked mechanics might seems supposed swinging third
Looked like he was swinging and not driving the ball to the plate. Everything was high the first couple innings, but when he found out what it was, the third inning was more like him. The ball was down all the time. Some days you get those days where it seems like the mechanics might be off just a little, but he came back and did what he was supposed to do.
anybody calm either language people says
He usually says either 'yes' or 'no' and people think that's because of the language barrier. I think that's all he has to say. He's as calm as anybody I've ever met.
addition bowls couple great pitching staff
He'd be a great addition to the pitching staff here, ... a couple of bowls of gumbo.
addition bowls chance couple great maybe pitching sure talk
He'd be a great addition to our pitching staff, and if I get a chance to talk to him, I'm sure I'll talk to him, ... Maybe I'll give him a couple bowls of gumbo.
amount capacity career coach great honor pitch pitching york
Having to pitch your whole career in New York and be successful, that has to amount to something, ... I can't go back and play, but to go back in a capacity as a pitching coach and become part of the organization again, it's a great honor and a great challenge. I think it's going to be fun.
almost average bad good seen starts watch
You almost don't need to watch the video. He's pitched good before, so it's not like we haven't seen it this year. He's made (four) starts and one of them hasn't been good; one out of (four) isn't a bad average and it'll be better than that by the end.
baseball master needs pitch thrown
That's the one pitch he needs to master better than he's thrown it here.
sports psychology okay
If you approach Billy Martin right, he's Okay. I avoid him altogether.