Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
builds himself life saw sit velocity
I saw better life to his fastball, much better life. I can't sit here and tell you what the velocity was, but that will come as he builds himself up. But the life on his fastball, it was there tonight.
craig degree gotten handled himself huge respect
Craig Wilson, offensively, he was terrific. He has gotten himself one huge backer. I respect him to the -Nth degree for the way he's conducted himself and the way he handled himself in this situation.
awful center covered defensive double field himself plays quite sullivan
Cory Sullivan had quite a day for himself today. Not only did he do the big thing with the leadoff double offensively in the 10th inning, but he made two outstanding defensive plays in center field and covered an awful lot of ground.
attention case close everybody himself paying strong
No question, he's making a strong case for himself and everybody is paying very close attention to it. We see what's going on.
gear gearing himself knows
Oliver knows how to gear himself up for situations. But, while he was gearing up, he was maintaining his focus.
himself
He's got himself a backer here. I've made him aware: 'You will find yourself on the field.
extend fully himself might percent running
He was adamant about doing everything to get back quickly. He's not 100 percent healthy. The running aspect, he might not be able to fully extend himself that way. Defensively, it isn't a problem.
adjustment ball count early forced fourth himself kept opposition order pitch swing
Ian Snell made an adjustment from what he was doing early on and got the ball down to where he could be very effective. He forced the opposition to have to swing the bat. He got himself some early-count outs. As a result, he kept his pitch count in order and was able to go through the fourth inning.
himself mission pitch
He is on a mission to pitch himself into this rotation, and right now he is succeeding.
himself mission pitch rotation starting
He's on a mission to pitch himself into the starting rotation and right now he's succeeding.
further himself knows locked seen
I don't think he's completely locked in. I've seen him further along. But he's been through this before. He knows how to get himself ready.
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.