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
ahead anytime deep early guys hat pitcher tip
Anytime you go deep on a pitcher in early BP like this, you've got to tip your hat to them, because those guys are way ahead of us.
concerned surgery threat time
Any time there is the threat of surgery you have to be concerned about that.
spit sure taste
I just told them to make sure they don't like the taste they have in their mouth, that they spit it out right away,
confidence expect
I just wanted to take his temperature real quick. Let him know what we expect from him.... I still have a lot of confidence in him.
bat kept loop remember thinking throw throwing zone
I just remember thinking in my mind, 'Throw him a slider. Just throw him a slider. Give him something soft.' Loop kept throwing fastballs, and he probably got one in the zone and he put a bat on it.
I look at it like (Boone) was never even here.
breath held moving
I held my breath there for a second. But you could see he's not moving too well. He didn't have any hops.
breath hold looks taking talked
I hold my breath a lot. When I've talked to him about taking a day, he looks at me like I'm nuts.
hope
I hope so, ... That's encouraging. That's good. We can use him.
decision great hard player sorry tough
I'm sorry to see him go. He's been a great player for a lot of years. Obviously, it was a decision he's thought long and hard about. It's a very tough decision.
adhere concerned control guys happens people policy
I have no control over what people do. It's unfortunate for them, but we have a drug policy and you have to adhere to that. If guys want to take on that, it's on them. I'm concerned about what happens on the big-league level. We have a policy in place and everyone understands that. That's the law.
hopefully learned next proud
I'm very proud of that. I think that is something we can take into next season. Hopefully we learned what you need to do to consistently win.
people teams thinking trying win
I'm not thinking about other teams or what people think about what we're doing, ... I'm just trying to win games.
I like where we are. And I like where I think we're going.