Ron Gardenhire Quotes on World (10 Quotes)

I'm not jittery. It's not the greatest thing in the world to start out like this. I'm not jittery about it. I think these guys can play a little bit and we'll be all right.

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.

You'd like to just be able to cancel everything and shut it down but that's not the way the world works. And we understand. We all have a job to do. You can guarantee our hearts are right there with Puck and the family. ... We all know where Puck is going to be. He's going to be up there whacking the ball.

It's true he's a little bit behind of where he would normally be. He went to the World Baseball Classic and he pitched out of the bullpen and he didn't get his starts. But you also have to remember that he had the knee surgery, pitched a little bit this winter, then goes right into the World Baseball Classic. That's not making excuses. He had good stuff tonight, but he's not exactly perfect right now with his location or as good as we've seen him.

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.

I'm just going to match up as best I can. I'm trying to be diplomatic and fair, because I think the world of both of them.

A lot of people thought we were going to the World Series last year. They just didn't realize how young our lineup was. And when we got a few guys hurt, it really hurt us.

They've earned the respect. They won the World Series. We're chasing them. They chased us for a few years.

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.