Ron Gardenhire Quotes on Opportunity (4 Quotes)

It's a work in progress. He's getting an opportunity. He's got to take advantage of it. Everybody has a chance in camp, all right So there's no sense talking about does he have a chance.

We missed an opportunity to score runs for Santana and maybe get him a win. Which is probably the most disappointing thing for the night.

We mixed the lineup to try to protect Mauer just a little bit and put somebody behind him they at least have to think about. When he gets an opportunity to swing, he does pretty good.

Last year, we missed too many opportunities. What hurt us more than anything last year was situational hitting, so if we can hit a ground ball to second in some of those situations to get a run in, we're going to be better off for it. That's what we are looking for, a little better situational hitting.