Comfortable 69th birthday to 10-year MLB veteran and 17-year supervisor, Clint Hurdle!
Hurdle had a forgettable profession as a participant from 1977-87, spending time with the Royals, Reds, Mets and Cardinals over the course of his decade within the league. However he instantly jumped into managing as soon as his enjoying days had been completed, taking up because the skipper for the Excessive-A St. Lucie Mets in 1988. He bounced round organizations till 1994, when he joined the Colorado Rockies system, the place he labored his means as much as his first Large League supervisor job in 2002.
He spent eight seasons as the top man in Denver, main the Rockies to the World Sequence within the well-known “Roctober,” run that led to a sweep by the hands of the Boston Purple Sox in 2007. After beginning 18-28 in 2009, Hurdle was fired by Colorado.
After a stint because the Rangers hitting coach, he was employed because the supervisor of the Pittsburgh Pirates for the 2011 season. He went 735-720 in 9 seasons in Pittsburgh and was named Nationwide League Supervisor of the 12 months in 2013 after a 15-win enchancment and their first winning-season since 1992. However after lacking the postseason in four-straight seasons from 2016-19, Hurdle was fired and determined to retire from baseball.
His retirement didn’t final lengthy, as he returned to the Rockies in an advisory function in 2021 earlier than being named hitting coach and finally interim-manager in 2025 earlier than the hiring of Warren Schaeffer.
Which brings us to at this time’s quiz. How lots of the skippers to be named Supervisor of the 12 months since 2000 are you able to identify in six minutes?
Good luck!
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