Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
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We did everything we could do to try to win the game, but you have to give credit where credit's due: They played very well all weekend long.
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We played well enough on this road trip to win some of those games. We still have to address some of those little things that kept us from winning, but we were right in every game.
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We had our chances to win that game, but it boils down, night after night, to the kind of game we had, and I say the same thing. We needed a situational at-bat to tie the game, then a two-out hit would put us ahead.
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It's unfortunate that we weren't able to win the game. But I don't consider it to be a bad beginning.
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It was a great game. We did everything we could to win the game to avoid being swept.
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That second run was the result of 100-percent effort that he's given each time he's on the field. It's a very noteworthy play and the difference in the game. You can't teach that, but winners do things like that. You have to want to do it. I'm impressed with this player. If his bat reaches its potential, he's an every-day Major League player, in my opinion.
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There's no question about it. This is not the same club that we were playing a September ago when we were fighting to win a division championship. It's not even close.
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There's a lot of things that can happen in 20 games. The thing that we know is that of the 20 we play, we have to win a bunch.
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It's the difference in the game. I give him a lot of credit. He battled. This kid, in two starts, has shown me an awful lot of character, and I know he is capable of winning at the Major League level.
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Back in May, when the Padres went something like 22-6, they had a chance to slam the door, throw the lock around the handle and close it off for everybody else. And it didn't happen. So it's not a matter of anybody putting on any type of serious charge thus far, it's a matter of teams just winning some games here and there.
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As long as he keeps his focus and continues to realize there is no real opportunity to be satisfied and he maintains that hunger, ... he could wind up being a real good pitcher in the Major Leagues.
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Stranger things have happened in this game. But obviously we have to win a number of our remaining games and obviously we need some help. San Diego has to lose some games in a row and we have to capitalize on that.
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A little thing like that can end up winning you a baseball game.
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You see building blocks. There's an immediacy in that we want to win right away, but there's also a foundation, I think, for this team to be pretty special for a number of years. When you can build something to the point it's very good, then step back and watch it perform collectively? Trust me, that's a special feeling.