Jim Tracy

Jim Tracy
catch pitch
You've got to be able to pitch and you've got to be able to catch the ball. If you can't, you probably won't be very good.
age andrew forget life losing
Andrew losing his life at that age was as devastating to me as losing one of my own children. I'll never forget Andrew as long as I live.
along bit easy games guy major meaningful pitching shy type wanting
This is a guy that as we go along you're going to find him pitching a lot of very meaningful games, games of major significance. That's who he is. That's who he's going to become. That's going to be a very easy thing for him to do because he's a person who's not the least bit shy about wanting that type of responsibility.
outside resolution took
The disappointment for me is that what took place in-house went outside the house, ... which makes the resolution (harder) to get to.
throw
All Scott Strickland has done is throw strikes.
against five last norm six
The last five or six games, I've been doing some things that go against the norm of what I usually do,
ask days group harder night players took
You can't ask a group of players to play any harder than they have for two days and, especially tonight, take the kind of at-bats that we took all night long.
across both compelled complement force league main major players playing realize special time
The main thing that I wanted to get across to both of them is to not feel compelled to force things, because the important thing for both of them to realize is that we have two very special Major League players here. We have to find playing time for both because they really kind of complement one another.
build definitely game kid pitches
The kid has the pitches to be very good. This was definitely a game for him to build on.
guys looking rotation seen though
I do feel that way. And that's because I've seen some of the guys in this rotation be very good, even though I was looking at that from afar. What's more, I know that they know what they have to do.
ball base easy home player third versatile
He can go get a ball and make it look easy and effortless. I want to see how versatile a player he is, but he will have a home at third base for some time.
absolutely andrew basketball lived loved player smartest
I loved those kids. I loved Andrew . . . I loved him. Smartest player I had in that program. He lived for it. Absolutely lived for basketball at St. Martha's.
economic property
You should not be able to take someone's property for economic development,