Ron Gardenhire Talking Quotations

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.

Poise? I don't think we're talking about poise here. I think we're talking about a 97 mph fastball with a curveball from hell.

I'm sure there'll be a lot of people talking throughout the year about Puck. You can bet that we won't ever forget him.

He said he was working out, on a diet, and was going to get to feeling better. He was talking about getting married.

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.

Andy watches it all the time. Now we're talking about it with each pitcher.

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.

To me, starting the season with people less than 100 percent is very, very scary. I'm not talking about a little bit of a sore shoulder or something you play through, but I'm talking about muscle pulls and those types of things. Those come back and all of a sudden you're out.

When he got in a couple of jams, he made some pitches when he had to. But he pitched, and that's what we've been talking about. It's something that he's learned, to not overthrow, and now he's just pitching.

I don't think we're talking about poise here. I think we're talking about a 97 mph fastball and a curveball from hell.

I don't want to talk J.C, we're talking Twins baseball. Me and J.C. are fine. We've done our business.