Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
ask days eighth either guys period seventh sit special time
We've got to find opportunities for them. I don't want to see either of them sit for any period of time and not participate. We can't let these guys sit for days on end and then ask them to do something special in the seventh or eighth inning.
asking craig large prepared spring wilson
You have to be prepared for something like this to take place with one of your players. As I said many times during Spring Training, always be asking yourself the what-if question. Craig Wilson looms very large right now.
asked seen smart
He's a very smart young man. He's done all the things that he's been asked to do on a day-to-day basis. There is, in fact, not anything I've seen from him that I haven't liked.
asking milwaukee question start time tough
I don't know that we'd be asking that same question ... he had a start in Milwaukee that was awfully good. He had a tough time today.
ask craig wilson
Very well deserved. What else would you ask Craig Wilson to do?
ask overdo point series situation
There wasn't any point in this series where he had to overdo it with our bullpen. You couldn't ask for a better situation going into Colorado.
ask days group harder night players took
You can't ask a group of players to play any harder than they have for two days and, especially tonight, take the kind of at-bats that we took all night long.
ask god knees thank
If you have enthusiasm, thank God for it. If you don't have it, get down on your knees and ask God for it.
ask covered intrigue successful taken
It's been a very successful spring. A lot has been covered ... taken in by these guys, and applied. That's all you can ask for. It's a very interesting mix. It has some intrigue to it.
against asking couple front group looking past players question realizing stability talent terrific
The allure, for me, was, No. 1, the stability of the front office. The other thing was looking at a group of players I'd managed against the past couple of years and realizing there's some terrific young talent here and asking myself the question 'Why can't it be better than it has been?
ask few given past performance terrific
That was another terrific performance by Derek Lowe . You can't ask any more than what he has given us the past few starts.
both exactly great job
I thought they both did a great job (Saturday). They did exactly what you wanted to see and what they would have wanted to do.
caught certainly good ryan
I thought Ryan caught a good game. He certainly will go back out there.
active baseball behind care finished gets half imperative members pitching plate product ryan safe stuff taken team
I think it's very safe to say that Ryan is not a finished product defensively. I also feel that, when you look at a major-league baseball team that has 25 active members and half of that is your pitching staff, it's pretty imperative that that stuff back there behind the plate gets taken care of.