Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
good looking spring swing talking
It doesn't get any better than that. It's what we've been talking about all spring - we went up there looking for something good to take a swing at.
bit changed closer due fact games guys regular spring staying supposed tone training
With our cut-down (Tuesday), we are getting closer and closer to what some things are supposed to look like. The tone of the games now in spring training has changed a little bit due to the fact that some of the regular guys are staying around a little bit longer.
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.
proud spring training
He has to be, and should be, proud of the spring training he's had.
ahead beautiful four great hard hit home run spring took worked
We took great at-bats tonight. We hit four home runs. And the beautiful part of it was the run that we scored to go ahead was something that we worked at very hard in Spring Training.
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.
needs spring takes time work
Zach's doing what he needs to do to get his work done. It takes time -- that's all part of spring training.
changes coming guys point program spring training
You need the other guys now. I don't want spring training to get stale. With the other guys coming in, the program changes somewhat. We're at the point now where they are needed.
coming days last runs score spring three won
Coming out of Spring Training, I thought we'd score some runs. We've scored 20 runs in the last three days and haven't won a game.
case compared recently seen spring witnessed
In the case of Brandon, I like what I've seen from him this spring compared to what I witnessed recently in the past.
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.
attack finished mistake people
I think the mistake people made was, many thought he was a finished product. We wanted to back off for a while. We wanted to watch. We didn't want to attack him.
bed fall game giving hits kid opening played three until
Just giving him two or three days. Hey, that kid can fall out of bed and hit. The first game we played he had three hits and every one was smoked. I said right then, 'Let's put him in a humidor until Opening Day. Why does he need to be out here?