Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
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.
beginning direction guys seeing themselves
We're seeing some of these guys beginning to escalate themselves in the direction that you want to see them going.
beyond guys looking opportunity
We're looking for 35 or 38 or 39, and this is an opportunity to find out who are those guys beyond the 25.
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.
bench continue guys
I will use all 13 bench guys - I have and will continue to do so.
clubs guy hopefully looking opportunity similar somewhat stuff type
I won't say where they are going to start. But he is the type of guy we are looking for to hopefully place in between two left-handers that have somewhat similar stuff and not give opposing clubs an opportunity to see the same type of stuff on consecutive days.
bullpen eight gloves great guys pick point seven starts
We need some starts where we get seven or eight innings, and it would be great if we could even get one at some point in which the guys in the bullpen wouldn't even have to pick up their gloves one day.
both exactly great guys passed
I thought they both did a great job. I thought they both did exactly what you wanted to see. ... Both guys passed today.
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When half of the team is the pitching staff, there are some intangible things that are important. We can sit here and talk about hitting all we want. But that won't help the other part that is vitally necessary to the success of the Major League team, and that's the interaction that takes place between two guys 60 feet, six inches away from one another. That's just as important as anybody's batting average.
guys length specialty
We can't just have specialty guys with 12 pitchers. We're going to need some length in our bullpen.
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We have two kids there. Both are very competent kids -- smart enough to understand what we're talking about -- and they will figure it out. We've got to find opportunities for both of them. We'll take it a day at a time and go from there. As I've said all along, with these two guys on the club, I don't want to see either one of them sit for too long a time and not participate. It's advantageous to both of them to do it that way.
guys hand honest number seen wearing
To look around here and see the number of guys wearing a glove on their right hand I've never seen this, honest to goodness.
game given guys ready situation
It's going to be just another game to those guys because they've been given at-bats. That's why they've been given at-bats, so that in a situation like this, they're ready and not rusty.
arena camp great guy liked saw tv
It's great to get him back in camp with us. I saw a guy on TV who really liked the arena that he was in.