Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
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?
ask few given past performance terrific
That was another terrific performance by Derek Lowe . You can't ask any more than what he has given us the past few starts.
ask covered intrigue successful taken
It's been a very successful spring. A lot has been covered ... taken in by these guys, and applied. That's all you can ask for. It's a very interesting mix. It has some intrigue to it.
ask craig wilson
Very well deserved. What else would you ask Craig Wilson to do?
ask overdo point series situation
There wasn't any point in this series where he had to overdo it with our bullpen. You couldn't ask for a better situation going into Colorado.
asking craig large prepared spring wilson
You have to be prepared for something like this to take place with one of your players. As I said many times during Spring Training, always be asking yourself the what-if question. Craig Wilson looms very large right now.
ask days eighth either guys period seventh sit special time
We've got to find opportunities for them. I don't want to see either of them sit for any period of time and not participate. We can't let these guys sit for days on end and then ask them to do something special in the seventh or eighth inning.
asked seen smart
He's a very smart young man. He's done all the things that he's been asked to do on a day-to-day basis. There is, in fact, not anything I've seen from him that I haven't liked.
asking milwaukee question start time tough
I don't know that we'd be asking that same question ... he had a start in Milwaukee that was awfully good. He had a tough time today.
ask god knees thank
If you have enthusiasm, thank God for it. If you don't have it, get down on your knees and ask God for it.
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.
catch speed
We're going to speed Duff up and get him some at-bats. We've just got to catch up a little bit.
easy few gonna guy identical last leave quality recognize saw seeing start starts step teammates took
What we're seeing right now is, in my mind, identical to what we saw last year, when it took him a few starts to get untracked, and then you see one quality start after another. His teammates recognize that's he gonna leave everything that he has on the field, and it's very easy to step up for a guy like that.
came says schedule
What the schedule says is what you do. I think we came out of it pretty good, all things considered.