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
rid sickness trying
We're trying to get rid of all the sickness before the season.
beat managers mean rarely talk tight trying
Just because we're tight doesn't mean we talk all the time, especially when you're trying to beat each other. Very rarely do the managers talk to each other after the game.
hard impress trying
He was trying too hard to impress us. He was overthrowing.
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.
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.
cliff conversation fine hit sat saying trying
I'm not saying Cliff can't hit him. We're just trying to get everyone in the mix. I sat down and had a conversation with Cliff and he's fine with it.
blown command hit knows slippery spring time trying
It was his first time out after having very little Spring Training. He didn't have a feel for the ball. It was very cold, very slippery day. It was something that got blown out of proportion. I know that he knows that he wasn't trying to intentionally hit anyone. You will see that his command will be better.
guys rhythm trying
They're trying to find a rhythm and everything, so guys like that, you just let them do their thing.
overall pitches
When you don't get calls, then you don't pitches where you want them to be. But overall he pitched pretty well.
chart depth four guys knock might socks step three
We've got three or four guys on the depth chart who might step up and knock my socks off.
coming hitters react sending
With our 4-5-6 hitters coming up, I'm not sending him. I don't second-guess myself. I just react to what I see.
adding bite coffin crucial nail punishment stuff
We're not able to put the nail in the coffin so to speak, just adding on. All crucial runs, all stuff that comes back to bite you later. We must be gluttons for punishment I guess.
defensive saw spring thunder
We thought he was a defensive guy. Then in spring training, we saw he had some thunder in his hands. We'll take it.
coach great help pick pitching tweak
We think we can help him in some cases. He's always had a great arm. Mechanically, there's always something a pitching coach can pick up to tweak a little bit. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.