Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
change landscape perception
With what we have here right now, ... you'll see the landscape change and be better than what the perception is.
catcher goes needs push wear
It didn't make any sense to push it. A catcher goes through a lot of wear and tear. He needs to be 100 percent.
change course games landscape next obviously sitting
We still have some games to play in 2005. The landscape could obviously change one day to the next over the course of the winter. I really don't feel like sitting here and expounding on what I think it's going to look like.
great throwing
Webb made great pitches. He was throwing curveballs and changeups for strikes.
absolutely city group love people pittsburgh says sports support
This says so much about the City of Pittsburgh and their support of their sports teams. You have a group of people who absolutely love this team.
bad bat cost fat feeling games involved league luxury major mistake pitches regardless stages
You make bad pitches to Major League hitters, they put the fat part of the bat on the ball. When you are involved in games like that, regardless of what stages it's at, you don't have the luxury of making a mistake and not feeling like it's going to cost you. It is.
games hits majority obviously
Those hits in games like this are obviously huge. We did very little offensively for the majority of the night.
began
You didn't know when they were going to start, but they began today.
bring needs periods sit
We didn't bring him here to have him sit around for periods of time. He needs to play some.
bring lengthy periods sit
We didn't bring him here to have him sit around for lengthy periods of time. If that was the case, why would you bring him to the big leagues? He's not going to get any better by watching. He's got to play.
batting guys half help hitting inches intangible league major necessary pitching sit six success takes talk team vitally
When half of the team is the pitching staff, there are some intangible things that are important. We can sit here and talk about hitting all we want. But that won't help the other part that is vitally necessary to the success of the Major League team, and that's the interaction that takes place between two guys 60 feet, six inches away from one another. That's just as important as anybody's batting average.
information learn point room study support wander
We're not going to let any of them wander off track. We're going to show them support and give them the information they need to improve. We're going to point them to the film room where they can study and learn from their mistakes.
address kept played road trip win
We played well enough on this road trip to win some of those games. We still have to address some of those little things that kept us from winning, but we were right in every game.
together
We'd like to get together at some point.