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
comforting glad wants
It's very comforting to have him. He wants to be the best, and we're glad to have him.
nice round totally
It's not like he's totally out of whack. Sometimes you just have a nice round of B.P. and you get a different perspective.
guys handled himself kid
For a kid getting his first taste, he's handled himself pretty well. Ideally, those are the guys that may come quick.
contact five good six tonight
It's there. We made good contact five or six times tonight and we didn't have much to show for it.
game kept obviously series stretch
It's obviously a very important stretch for us, and we'll just play it as we go. That's the way we've kept it all year, one game and one series at a time.
forward looking
This is a big one for us. We're looking forward to this challenge.
guys rhythm trying
They're trying to find a rhythm and everything, so guys like that, you just let them do their thing.
division good guys
They're the division champions. Those are the guys we've got to go through to be where we want to be. We feel good going into the series. We want to feel good going out.
applaud coming felt guys responsibility surgery team time
A lot of guys could have said I'll take the surgery and take their time coming back. But he got back out there because he felt a responsibility to this team and I applaud him for that.
learned year
It's my first year and I've learned a lot,
fall teams
It's unusual, but why not? I don't think that you can look at any of these teams and say, 'Well, they're going to fall out.
gets seems time
It's unfortunate that every time he seems to get going he gets injured. It's frustrating because we can't keep him in the lineup.
bodies chance gives good guys push ready reason
They know their bodies better than anybody. When they are ready to play they'll tell me. . . . There's no reason to push them. We're going good and this gives some of the other guys a chance to play.
might
They might have the Cy Young. They might have the MVP over there, too.