Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
city hit tremendous
That will be a tremendous hit for Murfreesboro City Schools.
certainly five hope nights plenty runs
I would certainly hope so. At the major-league level, there has to be a lot of nights where five runs are plenty to win.
clubs face good overcome point time
At some point in time you always face a little adversity. The good clubs overcome things like this.
awful capable difference league major shown winning
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.
baseball great minds people question talking
No question in my mind. You are talking about people who have great baseball minds and are tireless workers.
avoid game great win
It was a great game. We did everything we could to win the game to avoid being swept.
bats definitely potential shows
That shows the potential of what they can be all about. There are definitely a lot of major-league bats in there.
far rest saying suggested swinging time
It's been suggested to J.D. for the time being to back off as far as swinging the bat. Am I saying we will not see him for the rest of the year? I'm not saying that.
convince
You're going to have to convince me it doesn't work,
continues focus good keeps major opportunity pitcher realize satisfied wind
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.
affect based games last remains seen
It remains to be seen how this will affect us. Based on last night, not at all. But that's one game. We have 37 more games to be played. And it's not just the results, but how we go about it. Do we play with enthusiasm, with intensity, with passion?
player versatile
Because I want to see how versatile a player he is.
anybody chance charge close everybody games handle lock matter putting serious slam teams throw thus type winning
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.
assume attention pay starts telling
That's not something you ever assume will be the case. But at the same time, when someone like (Izturis) starts telling you something's wrong, you pay attention to it.