Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
attention case close everybody himself paying strong
No question, he's making a strong case for himself and everybody is paying very close attention to it. We see what's going on.
approach approaches ball change dugout far given group guy missed noticed players situation swing swung team understand watching
The one thing I noticed about this team while watching from the other dugout is that it swung and missed too much. The approach had to change collectively, in my opinion, as far as each and every guy approaches his at bats. You need a group of players that understand that in a given situation it's pretty important for them to try and put the ball in play, and not swing and miss.
time
This is about the time to get him going.
guy looking time
This is about the time he should get started. You're not looking for this guy to be out there for two- and three-inning stints. It's completely unnecessary to do that with him.
personnel
I think the personnel is here to get that done.
adjustment gave liked next run
I thought he did well. I particularly liked how he gave up a run in the first inning but made an adjustment and pitched really well in the next inning.
good nice pitches
I thought he did a nice job; he battled and made some good pitches when he had to.
against ball basically breaking club last pitch tough until
I thought he battled. He didn't have his breaking ball until his last two innings. That's a tough club to pitch against with basically just your fastball.
lucky
I think you have to be very good, and often very lucky to get here. We've just never been in that position.
best bring chance closely players sit situations study talents
I think you bring the best out of your players when you sit and study and look very closely at what their capabilities are and then try to find situations where their talents have the best chance to come out,
both exactly great job
I thought they both did a great job (Saturday). They did exactly what you wanted to see and what they would have wanted to do.
both exactly great guys passed
I thought they both did a great job. I thought they both did exactly what you wanted to see. ... Both guys passed today.
caught certainly good ryan
I thought Ryan caught a good game. He certainly will go back out there.
attack finished mistake people
I think the mistake people made was, many thought he was a finished product. We wanted to back off for a while. We wanted to watch. We didn't want to attack him.