Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
bed fall game giving hits kid opening played three until
Just giving him two or three days. Hey, that kid can fall out of bed and hit. The first game we played he had three hits and every one was smoked. I said right then, 'Let's put him in a humidor until Opening Day. Why does he need to be out here?
complete jeff performance
Just another complete performance by Jeff Weaver. He's the workhorse of this staff.
great help knows ourselves owe ryan starting
I think everyone knows Ryan has a great arm. I think we owe it to ourselves to find out if he can help us a starting pitcher.
builds himself life saw sit velocity
I saw better life to his fastball, much better life. I can't sit here and tell you what the velocity was, but that will come as he builds himself up. But the life on his fastball, it was there tonight.
deep nine tap
I say it all the time. I don't need nine guys. I don't need 25 guys. I need 35. You have to be deep enough to tap into the minors to be successful.
bases count golden opportunity seventh
Our golden opportunity was in the seventh inning. We had the bases loaded, we had one out, we had a 3-1 count and we just didn't get it done.
capable stuff
Kip Wells is a very interesting project, in my opinion, ... His stuff is way too good. He's experienced success, but he's capable of much more by just making some adjustments.
add doubt ends fact few obviously people rear washington
I think it'll put a few more rear ends in the seats. The fact Washington is still very much in it will add to the intrigue. Obviously people go out to see him, no doubt about that.
good relieve
It could end up being a good thing and relieve some tightness,
active baseball behind care finished gets half imperative members pitching plate product ryan safe stuff taken team
I think it's very safe to say that Ryan is not a finished product defensively. I also feel that, when you look at a major-league baseball team that has 25 active members and half of that is your pitching staff, it's pretty imperative that that stuff back there behind the plate gets taken care of.
behind continue count extremely goes saying tough work
It goes without saying that if you continue to work behind in the count that it makes it extremely tough to compete. It's not what you want to see.
chance
It has a chance to look like that.
black dealing far handling mark situation
I think that what we do, as far as the handling of this situation and dealing with it, will go a long way in determining that factor, ... I'd like to think this is something you can deal with and keep a black mark from the (Dodgers) name.
aware extension fact
I was made aware of the fact that an extension was not something that would be a possibility.