Gardenhire Quotes

You've got to look for some kind of positive. You can't be negative and screaming every night. You'll chew yourself up. - Ron Gardenhire

You've got to be proud of those guys. They had plenty of opportunities to lay down, and they never did. - Ron Gardenhire

You've got a pitcher covering first base. - Ron Gardenhire

You're playing in between so if he hits the ball hard you have a chance to turn a double play. But he hit a little topper that you're not going to be able to do much with. - Ron Gardenhire

Young Scott Baker out there facing a lineup that can just eat you alive. But he had enough deception. He can add and subtract very well. - Ron Gardenhire

You want to work with that swing? I don't know what to tell him. I've never seen it before. So we say just go ahead, because I don't even know what he works on. I just watch him take B.P. and let him have fun and do it. - Ron Gardenhire

You want to be able to put him in the game. You need to have those days where you can get him four at-bats here and four at-bats there to keep him sharp for late-inning situations and big pinch-hit situations. - Ron Gardenhire

You take the good and bad when you're talking about a power hitter. We're looking for someone who's going to hit those three-run homers and get you back into a game or blow the game open. He's a guy that has that ability. - Ron Gardenhire

You never really know how it's going to work. You think you can hold it together for a while, but obviously we've seen a lot of things change. There's really not a lot you can do about it. - Ron Gardenhire