Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
feeling guy home horse productive race today work
You're not in a horse race with this guy either. For him to come out here today and do the things that he did, get his work in, I think he's going to go home today feeling like he had a very productive day.
convince
You're going to have to convince me it doesn't work,
changes coming guys point program spring training
You need the other guys now. I don't want spring training to get stale. With the other guys coming in, the program changes somewhat. We're at the point now where they are needed.
decision hope tough
They didn't make the decision any easier. And that's what you hope for. You want to have to make tough choices. This is not easy.
attacked guy hitter
You don't want to see a guy go 3-2 on a hitter all the time. (Perez) attacked (yesterday) -- that's what I want to see.
arm chance involved overly stretch velocity
You don't want to get too overly involved in velocity at this point. You want to give him a chance to stretch his arm out.
behind succeed
You don't succeed very often when you're behind in the count.
against calling catch club fifth mistake obviously
You can't make a mistake against that club like we did in the fifth inning. I don't know who was calling (for the ball), but obviously you need to catch that ball.
additional bad fun help matter pitching pleased saw stay
You can't help but be pleased by what you saw out there. As a matter of fact, it's too bad that we didn't have additional pitching that could stay out there longer. That's how much fun I was having.
ask overdo point series situation
There wasn't any point in this series where he had to overdo it with our bullpen. You couldn't ask for a better situation going into Colorado.
couple might people periods
There were periods like that a couple years ago where people might have thought the same thing, and he bounces back,
perform pitcher sit starting
There isn't a day you would sit here and not want a starting pitcher to go out there and perform the way he did today,
baseball
There's a lot of baseball to be played.
compares dodgers earlier higher jason oscar percentage plus recent starters
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.