Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
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He's an excellent baseball player, that's what he has shown me. He's very intriguing to me.
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Colby has worked with him a lot. Oliver is being given information that can help him succeed as a major-league pitcher. Sometimes, the player has to take the information and make certain adjustments in order to be successful.
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Coming out of Spring Training, I thought we'd score some runs. We've scored 20 runs in the last three days and haven't won a game.
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DePodesta said Cruz's recent play compares favorably with his earlier years. His .783 on-base plus slugging percentage is higher than that of Dodgers starters Cesar Izturis, Jason Phillips, Jason Repko, Oscar Robles, Jose Valentin and Werth.
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And then we'll go from there and start stretching him out.
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I know he wants to retire from the game knowing he did it physically competing at the end, ... You have to admire that.
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I just have the feeling that Pittsburgh is the right place for me. Even though it's a major city, it is a lot more like the place where I grew up. I really believe this is going to work out well and it's the place I'm meant to be.
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I have tremendous respect for him. As a strategist, he manages as well as you can, based on my experience against him.
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I really feel like I'm coming back to my roots,
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I purposely ... started him, just to see how he'd respond, ... And he hit the ball long and foul, but the point is, you've got to protect the runner.
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In the second inning, his breaking ball for a strike early in the count was a lot better than it was in the first inning.
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In the case of Brandon, I like what I've seen from him this spring compared to what I witnessed recently in the past.
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I laud my players, and I told them that, way back, playing in Philadelphia. The effort that they have given from day to day is noteworthy because, believe me ... if you go back and you research some of those lineups that we had out on the field ... I think it'll tell you an awful lot about the character that these players have displayed between the lines, in going out there and giving you every single thing they've got.
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I learned that from Don. He had everything covered down to the nth degree. You also always knew where you stood because of his communication skills.