Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
belongs convince helps knows major playing winning
It helps convince (him) that he belongs playing in the major leagues. He's a winning player. He understands situational baseball, he can steal, he knows how to read pitchers.
turn wheel
If I don't get it done here I'll feel like I've failed. I'm one of the spokes in the wheel that will turn this organization around.
lost
And we haven't lost any of those games.
personnel
I think the personnel is here to get that done.
himself mission pitch
He is on a mission to pitch himself into this rotation, and right now he is succeeding.
capability good latter score slim starter tough
It's going to be tough to score off us in the latter part of the game. If a starter has the know-how and capability of getting 18 outs with a slim lead, we're in pretty good shape.
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.
perform pitcher sit starting
There isn't a day you would sit here and not want a starting pitcher to go out there and perform the way he did today,
throw
All Scott Strickland has done is throw strikes.
might wonderful
A very wonderful note, I might add. A very professionally done thing.
particular picked situation
That was a part of the reason. There was one situation in particular that Kent picked up on. For competitive reasons, I'm not going to say what it was.
belongs good kid knows looks offensive
He's a good little offensive player. He looks like he belongs in the majors. This kid knows how to play. And he's a winner.
admiration factor gain game history learn people players playing previous respect rich understanding
One of the things that young players have to not only learn but gain an admiration for is the respect factor of the game and the people who have participated in previous years, and an understanding of the history of the organization they are playing in. It's an organization very rich in tradition.
balls early good guys hits hitter middle pitch plate sitting suggesting
I'm not sitting here suggesting that guys don't get hits on an 0-2 or a 1-2 pitch ... but ordinarily, on 0-2, you don't see balls get hammered. When you come up through a minor-league system, you know early on that when you get a hitter 0-2, a ball sitting right in the middle of the plate is not a very good location.