Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
chance people succeed
I like challenges. I like it when people say, 'You don't have a chance to succeed there.'
absolutely andrew basketball lived loved player smartest
I loved those kids. I loved Andrew . . . I loved him. Smartest player I had in that program. He lived for it. Absolutely lived for basketball at St. Martha's.
believe bit convinced far last played player pushed quite single sit today
I haven't convinced myself that he's played his last bit for 2005, but I do know today he should sit back and relax, ... He's quite a professional player and a professional person. I believe we've pushed him about as far as he can be pushed, and he's responded in every single case.
gets guy ride roll stays tune
I'm very in tune with that. When a guy gets on a roll and stays on a roll for a little while, you ride that out.
guy question
I like what he's done, ... The guy can hit, there's no question about it.
afraid bit certainly people shy
I'm certainly not the least bit shy or afraid of having young people out there competing,
anxious group people
I'm anxious, but I'm anxious everyday. I want to see this group of people perform.
goes save
If there's a save on Tuesday, Brazoban goes out there, ... It's that simple.
If there's a better double-play combination, show it to me.
falls passion players
If our young players weren't developing, if I didn't see passion or energy, then that falls into my boat,
limit stretched
Once again, Elmer Dessens was great. He has been terrific. We stretched him pretty much to the limit today, and he got us to Duaner Sanchez.
against caliber chris crack face opportunity pitcher quick seventh time took until
Any time you face a pitcher the caliber of Chris Carpenter, you get one opportunity against him. He started quick and it took us until the seventh to get our opportunity to crack through.
bat difference effort given impressed league major reaches result run second teach time winners
That second run was the result of 100-percent effort that he's given each time he's on the field. It's a very noteworthy play and the difference in the game. You can't teach that, but winners do things like that. You have to want to do it. I'm impressed with this player. If his bat reaches its potential, he's an every-day Major League player, in my opinion.
aggressive percent situation sure third trailing
That's an aggressive play, ... but as I said to him, when you're trailing in that situation and you would have had first and third with no outs, you have to be 100 percent sure that you make it.