Clint Hurdle People Quotations

Leaving a game in the fifth inning I wouldn't think would make any pitcher happy, ... Sometimes different things will motivate people different ways.

We need cleaner innings from the bullpen. He has had a lot of people on base when he has been out there.

He has that strikeout pitch. When you can strike people out you can paint yourself into a corner because you have that way to get out of it.

He has said the same thing for three outings. I'd like to see him make an adjustment. . . . We have people in Colorado who have seen it, but it's been awhile. If he knows what's wrong, God bless him. Fix it. It's been a long time since Zach Day has pitched well.

We probably didn't get the number of runs we should have been able to get. We left a lot of people on base.

When you have a reliever that's a power guy that can strike people out (80 in 67 innings pitched), he's never out of the inning. As wild as some of these innings have gotten with him, he's been able to put them away.

Very rarely do I like to soapbox for one of my players, but if this guy is not in serious consideration, all the people involved in the process are missing the boat. This guy had his side cut open. The way he's pitched, it needs to be recognized.

We created depth all winter long to be prepared if something like this arises. Three years ago this happened and we were in a shambles. You never want to see people injured, but it is part of the game. You have to live with it. If you have depth, living with it can be a easier.

The thing was, people we had talked to over the winter didn't want to come our way. We were able to get three of them halfway through the season. So it wasn't by design.

Every year at this time of the season you tip your hat to them. If you ever get people saying that about your organization you are in good shape.

After the line of games he put together going into this start, I had my mind made up when I got to the ballpark that if he gave us good effort through six innings, that's going to be plenty. Leave his confidence at a high and turn it over to the people who have gotten us in position to build some of the momentum we've been building.

I've had a number of people come up to me this spring, unsolicited, and tell me that he's the best defensive catcher in the National League.

It's played out well so far. We've got options. You're never going to replace a Todd Helton, but you've got capable people that can come in and you can move some people around. It's not as big a drop off as maybe we've had in the past.

I really believe there are reasons you see so many people that have limited celebrity, or a lot of celebrity, have these special-needs children come into their lives, ... I do believe that it's part of God's perfect plan to get the message out.

The confidence that comes from getting on any type of run gives you that confidence once you initiate that run again. We've got to pitch well, we've got to play solid defense and we've got to get timely hitting and execute, which is what we did for the last three months last season - with a lot of guys people didn't know against a lot of teams with some pretty big names.

These guys want to take some momentum into '06. They are looking forward to letting people know that we're going to show up and play.

It's a situation we can live with because we worked to create the depth we have. We have people in place to step up. We have the depth to be able to deal with things like this now.