Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
belongs build certainly game hope left minor prove terrific
He was terrific tonight. I certainly would hope that this is a game he can build on. He doesn't have anything left to prove in the Minor Leagues. He has to prove that he belongs here, and I think he started to tonight.
certainly mike
I certainly don't want have to use Mike Gonzalez in that situation.
afraid bit certainly people shy
I'm certainly not the least bit shy or afraid of having young people out there competing,
caught certainly good ryan
I thought Ryan caught a good game. He certainly will go back out there.
afraid attack ball certainly close paying pitcher
If I'm a pitcher and I'm paying close attention, I'm certainly not going to be afraid to attack somebody's bat. I want the ball in play -- because they're going to make plays.
certainly point sit
I don't really think he'll get better from the sidelines. But I think we're getting to the point where you'd certainly like to think we'll sit here and see some improvement.
certainly goes hope hurt spring
I would certainly hope not (intentionally) in spring training. I don't think Curt Schilling goes out there to hurt people.
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.
certain given help information order player succeed worked
Colby has worked with him a lot. Oliver is being given information that can help him succeed as a major-league pitcher. Sometimes, the player has to take the information and make certain adjustments in order to be successful.
accomplish game light takes
Sometimes it takes one at-bat in one game for the light to go on. You can accomplish a lot by doing what we were doing with Duffy today.
clubhouse full guys
Is Oliver Perez important to us? And Kip Wells? Sure, they are. But we've got a whole clubhouse full of guys that are important to us.
economic property
You should not be able to take someone's property for economic development,
duke good
Zach Duke did a good job. He had to battle, obviously.
large last mean next obviously sample six size team won year
One-and-7 obviously isn't the way you want to start. But the (Dodgers) team I managed last year started 12-2 and we won 71 games. So it's not a large enough sample size of games. It doesn't mean this is the kind of team we're going to be for the next six months.