Gardenhire being Gardenhire

a few notes:
Gardenhire talking about Livan Hernandez:
"He's going to take his time and he's going to go in and out and he's going to spin it."
Now I know Gardenhire's describing Livan, but for some reason I feel like this description applies to all pitchers. There aren't many pitchers who don't try and put spin on it and who just throw it down the middle of the plate. Tim Wakefield. That's really it. Every other pitcher at the very least tries to 'spin it'.
"That's just the way it's going to be. We knew that going in. That's what we're getting right now. That's the way he pitches. So we're kind of adjusting to him."
Those sneaky Cubans. Always spinning the ball. Us Americans are just going to have to learn how to deal with it I guess. Or maybe Gardenhire thought Livan threw a knuckleball and is just realizing he doesn't. Gardenhire was probably on the bench for Hernandez's last start, squinting and rubbing his face a good five minutes before he saddled up to coach Rick Anderson and said, "Hot shit! When did Levine begin putting that old fashioned spin on the ball?"

Even better, later in the article Gardenhire had this to say about bullpen hopeful Brian Bass:
"Bass has been fine. Bass is throwing the ball really good. He's not afraid. He challenges guys, moves the ball in and out. I like Bass. He's doing pretty good, and that bodes well for a guy out of options. He's throwing pretty doggone good."
Aside from the elementary school grammar that is reminiscent of a white man's impression of an Indian, "Bass Good, boy has no fear, I like Bass, he my friend," there is some more talk about moving the ball in and out which I thought was something only Livan Hernandez could do. Then again maybe Gardenhire doesn't know anything about pitchers and is just reading from a set list of standard answers he has written down on an index card he keeps in his back pocket.

Gardenhire said, "We want to do the right things with this young man."
I laughed at this. He was talking about Liriano, but as we've learned Ron Gardenhire isn't really that good at doing the right thing when it comes to running a baseball team so whether or not he wants to do the right thing or not it probably won't happen.