Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
happen prepared
Obviously, it's not something you want to see. That's for sure. But I think you always have to be prepared for something like this to happen to one of your players.
baseball good helped team
Obviously, he helped make us a good baseball team two years ago.
aware far gradually history hurry last major medical race taken walk
We're just going to gradually walk into this situation. We're not going to race into it. We're very well aware of what has taken place as far as his medical history over the last year. There's not a major hurry here.
call conference decision extension felt house message midst move phone please rang strongly time type
Let me be very clear. When the decision was made that there would be no type of extension offer, I felt very strongly that it was time to move on. In the midst of (a conference call with reporters), the phone at the other end of my house rang and a message was left. Please call.
helmet hits pitch sure
The pitch was up and in. In that case, you just try to make sure the pitch hits more helmet than face.
call hate hell numerous seen
We've seen this be done on numerous occasions. You hate like hell if they huddled, reversed the call and it was wrong. To their credit, they got it right.
best guys hope looking
We're looking to get guys at-bats. We're going to play our best guys and hope the best in them comes out.
best course decision interest involved next overly prudent several
There are things that play in to that that I am not going to get overly involved in at this time. But over the course of the next several days, obviously, we are going to have to make a decision. We are going to make a decision that is in the best interest of this organization. That's the decision that we have to make. That's the prudent thing to do.
ball base gap good happen hit ourselves taking tying
We did everything we could to get ourselves back in it. We were a base hit from tying it or a ball in the gap from taking the lead. You have to have a lot of good things happen to do that.
credit played weekend win
We did everything we could do to try to win the game, but you have to give credit where credit's due: They played very well all weekend long.
ball base gap hit ourselves tying
We did everything we could do to get ourselves back in it. Once again, we were a base hit from tying it and a ball in the gap from going ahead.
capable defensive routine solid special
We're a solid defensive club. We make routine plays, and we're capable of making special plays.
club results
We're a much different club when we get results like that.
criticized decision eric harshly
I was harshly criticized for the decision to make Eric Gagne a closer,