Willie Randolph
Willie Randolph
Willie Larry Randolphis an American former Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. During an 18-year baseball career, he played from 1975 to 1992 for six different teams, most notably the New York Yankees. He has joined ESPN as a postseason baseball analyst, beginning in September 2013. He will mainly be on Baseball Tonight, and provide updates during Monday and Wednesday night September network telecasts...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 July 1954
CityHoly Hill, SC
catcher earlier personal
That's just the way it falls. I told you earlier I wasn't going to get into that personal catcher thing.
needed spot
That's his spot and he needed the work.
depends hard help starts tearing year
That's hard to say. He's young. It depends on what kind of year he starts out with. If you look down and he's tearing it up, and we need someone to help us out, yeah.
great knew might sure year
No. I'm sure he pretty much knew what he was getting into. Who knows, he might go out and have a great year this year.
deal funny guys injuries saying
Not all guys deal with injuries the same way. Some guys can play with injuries, some guys can't. I'm not saying he can't. But hamstrings are a different kind of injury. Like I've said before, hamstrings are a funny kind of injury.
early individual start talking
It's way too early to even start even talking about individual games. Just let them play.
best management view win
I view it as a real competition. You have to go out and win the job. I've been told by management to play the best people.
arm feels since spring throwing
It was a different spring for him since he didn't get a lot of throwing in. But he's told me his arm feels super.
barometer base best bit couple emphasis games good guys knocks relax spring training turn whatever
It was good to see him relax a little bit and get going. Obviously, spring training is not the best barometer for how you base these guys but, you know, he was 0-for-20 or whatever and he had a couple knocks so that's why you don't put a lot of emphasis on games like this because you can turn it around in one day.
continue forward francisco looking next playing road san three trip
It's only three games. But, I'm looking forward to our next road trip (San Diego, San Francisco and Atlanta). We're playing well and we have to continue to do that.
concerned second worried
It's only his second start. I'm not concerned or worried about it.
fine means sure
It just means he's had a real fine year. I'm sure this is the first of many for him.
almost double
It's almost like double session. If he wanted to play tonight, he would play.
good win
It's always good to win the first one. This was pretty emotional.