Grady Little
Grady Little
William Grady Littleis a former manager in Major League Baseball, currently working in the front office of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He managed the Boston Red Sox from 2002 to 2003 and the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2006 to 2007. He was inducted into the Kinston, North Carolina, Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001 and was inducted into the Hagerstown Suns Hall of Fame on April 13, 2009...
across crossed fortunate job judge managing people ran result
That crossed my mind. I was very fortunate that I ran across some people that didn't judge the job I can do managing just on the result of one decision.
adopting bad habit people watching
I have a bad habit of watching things that are working for other people and adopting it myself.
I don't know. You know, in my heart, I know I was.
along came expect felt jobs opportunity ready sit talking yes
I don't think you can just sit there and say yes when you're just talking about one of 30 jobs in the world. I felt like I could. I felt like I'd be ready if the opportunity ever came along again. You can't sit there and say you expect that.
bearing confident quickly
If we're confident in how quickly they're able to rebound, that will have a lot of bearing on it.
ready work
Outstanding. He just getting his work in and getting ready for a big season.
couple days feeling last looking start
J.D. the last couple of days you could see him start getting the feeling that he's been looking for.
adjust best time
If the time comes and he's the best option, we'll adjust our thinking.
arm glimpse good hearing pitcher results strong today took
Today we got a good glimpse of the pitcher we've been hearing about. He's got a strong arm and he took it right at hitters, and the results showed.
baseball good hoped point takes
We feel good about him being able to do that. He's at a point where we hoped he'd be when he takes off to go to the World Baseball Classic.
afford point stop
At that point in time, I couldn't afford to stop as often as I can now.
coming games giving knew mean receiving
We've been on the giving end of games like that ? a game like that the other day ? but this is the first one we've been on the receiving end so far. We knew a game like this would be coming but that still doesn't mean we have to like it.
busting concerned good left loose mainly point quality threw time
We're still at a point in time where we're just mainly concerned with him busting loose all the adhesions that could be left in there from his injury, and I think that's about done. He pitched some outstanding change-ups and threw some good quality fastballs there.
concern saying
We have some concern for Navarro. They're saying 10-to-14 days.