Ron Gardenhire Quotes on Games (15 Quotes)

It's another disappointing loss for us. The guys are battling. We've got to win games, and we're going to try as hard as we can. I expect this team to go out full bore and win. We'll never stop trying to do that.

Baker threw the ball great. He pitched very well in some big games.

The risk of a catcher getting beat up in the World games is pretty high, and I'm happy to have my young catcher here.

We're going to do whatever we can to try to win games. So pride can go out the window.

Being on the bench for these games won't help them get ready for season. We are thin at the infield spots, so we are very happy to have these guys stay here.

I'm not going to punish a guy just because he's going to the world games. It's quite an honor. But it does make it a little bit more difficult. I'm not going to evaluate him while he's in the world games. I'll be evaluating my guys here.

All you can see is how he does. I don't want to punish a kid for something like that. It's quite an honor. He might be pitching great for the world games, but I might have a guy here that's blowing people away every time he gets the ball. What are you going to do That makes it tough on all parties.

It wasn't pretty, but the bottom line is you've got to start winning games. It doesn't matter how you do it.

Most of the time you send Brad back out there, but this isn't most of the time. We're going to try to do whatever we have to do to win games.

We'll put him over there and have him play in some live games. If he can play seven to nine innings and he makes it through it, then he'll be playing by next Tuesday.

He still likes baseball, I'll tell you that. He likes this team, of course, and he still has a lot of fun coming to these games.

We're probably going to add even one more pitcher. We're just trying to protect ourselves from these World Baseball Classic games. You need to have 20-plus pitchers here.

He hurt his wrist swinging in the world games. We're not for sure where we're at right now. That's part of baseball. He could've gotten hurt here, too.

So far, we haven't come out swinging like we hoped we would. We just haven't clicked on the ball offensively yet enough to win games.

Andy watches it all the time, now we're talking to individual pitchers about doing it. They do go watch it when they come out of the games. They watch themselves a lot. It's not so much a concern about tipping pitches but making better pitches.