Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
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We're looking to get guys at-bats. We're going to play our best guys and hope the best in them comes out.
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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.
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No, I was not fired. I don't believe it was in my best interest or the best interests of the Los Angeles Dodgers to be in the dugout (in 2006) as a lame duck manager.
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The best way to approach a player with his type of ability and talent is to feel like you've developed a type of environment to allow his development to continue on its natural course. With what we have done this winter, we have put this young man in a position to where his natural progression as a Major League Baseball player has a genuine opportunity to take place without heaping any unexpected expectations on him.
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We were pitched to death. It's the best game that's been pitched against us all year.
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To me, he's one of the game's best pitching coaches in the National or American leagues. He has not only the ability to teach the physical aspects of the game, but also the ability to communicate with his pitchers.
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You feel like you've done the best you can do. The effort they've given me every day is noteworthy.
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It was the best Snell has done. I'm beginning to see some progress from him. He threw enough breaking balls for strikes. He had much better command of his fastball tonight.
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I've always felt that honesty is the best way to go. These guys aren't kids anymore. They are men. Sometimes you tell people some things, and they don't want to hear it. We've all been in that position. Deal with it. Here's what it is.
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Exposure is the best teacher, ... It doesn't always work out the way you want it to, but with time and exposure, they grow.
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I think you bring the best out of your players when you sit and study and look very closely at what their capabilities are and then try to find situations where their talents have the best chance to come out,
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We're going to speed Duff up and get him some at-bats. We've just got to catch up a little bit.
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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.
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What the schedule says is what you do. I think we came out of it pretty good, all things considered.