Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
start stretching
And then we'll go from there and start stretching him out.
capability great guy
As a two-hole hitter, this guy has the capability for doing great things for us offensively.
might wonderful
A very wonderful note, I might add. A very professionally done thing.
clubs face good overcome point time
At some point in time you always face a little adversity. The good clubs overcome things like this.
happy solid
This is a pretty significant addition. This is a very consistent, solid ballplayer, and I'm very happy to be getting him.
platoon situation
This is not a platoon situation with Jeromy Burnitz. Jeromy Burnitz is our right fielder.
affords couple days seen sorted
This affords him a couple of days to get some things sorted out, because we know offensively he is much, much better than what we have seen to this point.
happens today
A day like today -- that's something that happens even with an 'ace' of the staff.
capitalize diego games happened lose number obviously remaining row san stranger win
Stranger things have happened in this game. But obviously we have to win a number of our remaining games and obviously we need some help. San Diego has to lose some games in a row and we have to capitalize on that.
exactly finding next obviously opinion point second speculate waiting
Once we get to the point of a second opinion and finding out exactly where that's going to take us, that's obviously the next thing that we're waiting for. In the interim, there's no need to speculate on anything about it.
certain given help information order player succeed worked
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.
coming days last runs score spring three won
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.
keeping mind open pitching question
No question there's a lot of pitching here. And we're keeping an open mind to everything we see.
baseball great minds people question talking
No question in my mind. You are talking about people who have great baseball minds and are tireless workers.