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
double level nerve player second tougher toughest turn
That's the toughest thing for a young player to learn, and at the major-league level he has to be able to do it consistently. It's tougher to turn the double play at second than at shortstop because your back is to the runner. You have to have a lot of heart, nerve and confidence.
anderson baseman bring chance help might ourselves owe saying second sure talented veteran
I'm not saying that if we get a chance to bring in a veteran second baseman who can really help us, we should say, 'No way, we have Anderson Hernandez,' ... He might need another year. But he's young and talented and sure of himself. We owe it to ourselves to take a look.
second win
It's not going to be a thing if he comes here where we say, 'OK, fine, put him at second and let him play,' because we want to win games,
concerned second worried
It's only his second start. I'm not concerned or worried about it.
impressive poised second
The thing you like about him is he's very comfortable and very poised in the field. Yeah, he didn't play second today, but that's impressive to me.
baseman second
He's the only second baseman we have. We've got to get him going.
assignment baseman bat call rehab second swinging
He's the only second baseman we have and we have to get him going. He's been swinging the bat pretty well (during a rehab assignment for Norfolk), and we'll get him right in there. ... We wouldn't call him up if he wasn't ready.
expect goes
You don't know what to expect when someone goes through something like that,
miss
We're going to miss (Mark) Mulder, ... That's good, I guess, huh?
dictate knows mound needs ready schedules wants whatever
We're going to let Pedro pretty much dictate when he's ready to get on the mound or do whatever he wants to do. We're going to let him take his time. He's a veteran. He knows what he needs to do. We don't need to put any schedules on him because that can always change.
playing until
We're going to keep playing until the end,
bullpen looks
We're going to keep him in the bullpen. I like the way the bullpen looks right now.
coming days gloom good
We're right where we want to be, ... I'm positive, man. I feel good about my guys. No gloom and doom. ... Big 10 days coming up. I feel fine.
fight hang heads
We always fight back. We've been that way the whole year. We don't hang our heads about anything; we try to get back in it as much as we can.