Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
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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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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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Obviously, we're being tested early. You know, we were in a position to win all three games. We didn't get any of them, but the effort is there. It's part of the challenge of the game. You've got to get over it, get beyond it.
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We're not quitting, that's for sure. We've been in every single game and we've had a chance to win every single game.
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We've played five games and we've had chances to win all five. I'm proud of the club. We did everything we could to get back in it tonight.
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First and foremost, you aren't going to win many games in this or any ballpark with one run. We get six hits from three people, and that won't make it at any park.
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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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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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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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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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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.