Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
game offensive runs three
We got the three runs in that inning and we didn't do anything else. That's our offensive game tonight.
guys length specialty
We can't just have specialty guys with 12 pitchers. We're going to need some length in our bullpen.
days games sunday though tomorrow
We have two more days and we have to look at it as though tomorrow and Sunday are games that we have to win.
both competent either figure guys kids sit smart talking time understand
We have two kids there. Both are very competent kids -- smart enough to understand what we're talking about -- and they will figure it out. We've got to find opportunities for both of them. We'll take it a day at a time and go from there. As I've said all along, with these two guys on the club, I don't want to see either one of them sit for too long a time and not participate. It's advantageous to both of them to do it that way.
boils chances game hit needed night tie win
We had our chances to win that game, but it boils down, night after night, to the kind of game we had, and I say the same thing. We needed a situational at-bat to tie the game, then a two-out hit would put us ahead.
game happened top
We had opportunities for this game to be different than it was. We let it get away from us and that happened in the top of the first inning.
extra puts
We had opportunities. But you need that one extra hit, the one that puts you back in the game.
attitude forward good looking seeing three
We have three good catchers. Our attitude is we're looking forward to seeing what they can do.
baseball five months
We have the better part of five months of baseball to play.
bullpen eight gloves great guys pick point seven starts
We need some starts where we get seven or eight innings, and it would be great if we could even get one at some point in which the guys in the bullpen wouldn't even have to pick up their gloves one day.
adjust mike pitching
We'll adjust as we see fit. But Mike won't necessarily be pitching the ninth.
aware extension fact
I was made aware of the fact that an extension was not something that would be a possibility.
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.
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?