Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Ronald Clyde "Gardy" Gardenhire (born October 24, 1957) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and current manager of the Minnesota Twins.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire was in an upbeat mood prior to Friday night's game against the Cleveland IndiansFirst baseman Justin Morneau was back in the lineup after missing two months with neck surgery.
Gardenhire was even able to joke about the fact that right fielder Michael Cuddyer injured his neck taking early batting practice and had to be scratched, meaning the Twins opening day lineup was intact for 25 minutes.Five hours later, Gardenhire's mood had soured considerably. Several defensive misplays contributed to a 3-2 loss, the Twins' 10th in 12 games."We basically gave it away," Gardenhire said. "We missed a lot of plays. It's a tough loss for us. We need some people to play a lot better baseball. It's kind of embarrassing, to tell you the truth."The defensive problems ruined a strong performance by Carl Pavano , who allowed two runs in 7 1-3 innings. He was pulled after Travis Hafner singled with one out in the eighth and Minnesota holding a 2-1 lead. Glen Perkins (4-3) r...Ron Gardenhire had seen enough."I said my piece and I got dejected, and then ejected," the Minnesota Twins manager said.After watching Denard Span get tossed by by p...
The Minnesota Twins have started to swing the bats pretty well the last few weeks, their offense shrugging off the early season struggles to live up to the potential...
Denard Span played a career-high 153 games in 2010 for the Minnesota Twins — nine too few for the centerfielder and probably about 10 too many for manager Ron Garden...
Scott Diamond goes after his fourth straight win this evening when the Minnesota Twins continue a three-game set with the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field.Af...
P.J. Walters turned in a season-best performance for any Twins starting pitcher and the bats more than did the rest, as Minnesota routed Chicago, 9-2, to kick off a ...
Alex Avila knocked in three runs and scored twice as the Detroit Tigers hammered the Minnesota Twins, 10-6, in the opener of a three-game series at Target Field.Prin...
Paul Konerko and Alex Rios hit back-to-back homers and Alejandro De Aza added a grand slam to cap a six-run sixth, leading the Chicago White Sox to an 11-8 victory o...
Manager Ron Gardenhire was so furious about everything his Minnesota Twins did Wednesday night that their failure to get a hit against Jered Weaver was almost an aft...
After watching another one of his starting pitchers get knocked out early, Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire is wondering just how long his severely overworked ...
The Detroit Tigers are back home after a lengthy road trip and will face the AL Central-rival Minnesota Twins for the first time this season in the opener of a quick...
Jason Marquis was hit hard in his shortest start of the season and the Minnesota Twins couldn't contain Jonathan Lucroy.Marquis allowed eight runs in 1 2-3 innings, ...
NEW YORK -- Bud Black hung on to win this race. Ron Gardenhire became a first-time Manager of the Year, too, after so many near misses.A month after his San Diego Pa...
Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire missed Saturday night's loss to the Detroit Tigers after being hit by a ball during batting practice. He was not seriously hur...
Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire has been ejected in the seventh inning of Game 2 against the Yankees for arguing balls and strikes.Carl Pavano appeared to hav...
Carl Pavano couldn't maintain Minnesota's momentum. And now, he may have to stop himself.Pavano gave up a grand slam to Jason Kipnis and a two-run homer to Lonnie Ch...
With one big swing of the bat, Jason Kipnis led the struggling Cleveland Indians to a 7-1 win over the Minnesota Twins in the first of a three-game series.Kipnis' fo...
The New York Yankees in the field and Hunter Wendelstedt behind the plate. Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire hasn't had any luck against either of them.Gardenhi...
Francisco Liriano returns to Minnesota's rotation this afternoon when the Twins go after their first sweep of the season in the finale of a three-game set with the O...
Justin Morneau drove in two runs for Minnesota, including the tying double in the eighth inning for the Twins in a 5-4 victory over Oakland on Monday, the sixth stra...
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