Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
evaluation factor personnel
the (player) personnel factor and the evaluation of those players.
brings potential quickly somebody strike table type
When you have somebody who has his type of energy, who brings that to the table like he does, the potential is there to strike quickly like that.
caliber chris face opportunity pitcher
When you face a pitcher the caliber of Chris Carpenter, you only get one opportunity like that.
guys hand honest number seen wearing
To look around here and see the number of guys wearing a glove on their right hand I've never seen this, honest to goodness.
baseball five months
We have the better part of five months of baseball to play.
attitude forward good looking seeing three
We have three good catchers. Our attitude is we're looking forward to seeing what they can do.
extra puts
We had opportunities. But you need that one extra hit, the one that puts you back in the game.
game happened top
We had opportunities for this game to be different than it was. We let it get away from us and that happened in the top of the first inning.
boils chances game hit needed night tie win
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.
dominated
We got pitched to death. He dominated the game.
finish ideal
We were in an ideal position. Unfortunately, we weren't able to finish the job.
club results
We're a much different club when we get results like that.
capable defensive routine solid special
We're a solid defensive club. We make routine plays, and we're capable of making special plays.
benefit consider
To see if there is any benefit to a four-man rotation, ... You'd consider it.