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
barry best bonds conscious course decision faces game hitters hope obviously pick presence situation spots team totally
Every situation is totally different for me. Every team that faces Barry Bonds has the same dilemma. You just pick your spots in the course of the game and you try to make the right decision and hope that it's executed. It's no different than any other team. Obviously, he's still a presence and obviously he's still one of the best hitters in the game and you have to be very conscious of him.
pitches totally track
Listen, when he pitches if I don't see what I like to see I'm not going to be totally patient. You go by your track record.
ball coming hand last looks looser totally
I think he looks totally different than he was last year. He's looser and freer, and the ball is coming out of his hand real well.
aggressive ball focused knows needs solid talent totally waiting
Reyes knows what he needs to do. He's waiting on the ball better. He's an aggressive hitter, making solid contact. ... When he's totally focused on every at-bat, with his talent he'll be unbelievable offensively and defensively.
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.
ball bottom fluidity kept key looked pitcher pound success totally
I thought Zambrano looked a lot looser, there was more fluidity to his pitches, he kept the ball down. The key to success for any pitcher is to pound the bottom of the zone, but with him, especially. He looked totally different.
advantage arm bottom intimidate line strength throwing totally trying
We're not trying to go out and totally intimidate anybody. The bottom line is, we do have arm strength, and that's to your advantage in some ways. The key, really, is throwing strikes.
totally
The way things are going for us, ... you never feel like things are totally safe.
ball balls coming hand last looks totally victor
I thought Victor got the ball down really nice. I just think he looks totally different than he was last year. It looks like he's looser, freer, and balls are coming out of his hand real well.
beat good pitches seemed total
He seemed to make good pitches when he had to. He seemed like he was not really on his total game, but he was good enough to beat us.
bat swinging
We've been swinging the bat well all year. Everyone contributes to that.
couple good leaving pitchers ran shut
We just ran into a couple of good pitchers and they shut us down after leaving Arizona.
gave regular routine stay
We just gave a heads-up that's a possibility. He'll stay on a regular routine for now and then we'll see.
games might win
We might win 15 games in a row.