Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
against best game
We were pitched to death. It's the best game that's been pitched against us all year.
against coming good job
We did a good job of coming back against a very good ballclub.
against asking couple front group looking past players question realizing stability talent terrific
The allure, for me, was, No. 1, the stability of the front office. The other thing was looking at a group of players I'd managed against the past couple of years and realizing there's some terrific young talent here and asking myself the question 'Why can't it be better than it has been?
against fault mistake whose
I don't know whose fault that was. But you can't make a mistake like that against this club.
against calling catch club fifth mistake obviously
You can't make a mistake against that club like we did in the fifth inning. I don't know who was calling (for the ball), but obviously you need to catch that ball.
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.
against chart depth guy obvious outing perform younger
He's part of that organizational depth chart and you like to see a younger guy like that go out and perform well against major-league competition. His outing was very encouraging and it was obvious he was more comfortable this time.
against caliber chris crack face opportunity pitcher quick seventh time took until
Any time you face a pitcher the caliber of Chris Carpenter, you get one opportunity against him. He started quick and it took us until the seventh to get our opportunity to crack through.
against based experience manages respect tremendous
I have tremendous respect for him. As a strategist, he manages as well as you can, based on my experience against him.
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,
behind mound plate realizing ryan success takes vitally
What takes place between the pitcher's mound and behind the plate is vitally important to the success of a major-league team. I think Ryan is realizing that more every day.
dominated
We got pitched to death. He dominated the game.
good mind signed
I've never signed up for anything with the thought in mind that I wanted to be mediocre. I feel pretty good about it.
careful game hitting hurting intention people seen start
I've never seen Curt Schilling go out and start a game with the intention of hurting people. But if you start hitting people in the head... you need to be very careful of that.