Tracy Smith
Tracy Smith
Tracy K. Smithis an American poet and educator. She has published three collections of poetry. She won the Pulitzer Prize for a 2011 collection, Life on Mars. About this collection, Joel Brouwer wrote in 2011: "Smith shows herself to be a poet of extraordinary range and ambition. ... As all the best poetry does, Life on Mars first sends us out into the magnificent chill of the imagination and then returns us to ourselves, both changed and consoled."...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth16 April 1972
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We can't use it as an excuse. We have to be tough enough to overcome that (the games are on the road).
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We have to steal bases to be successful. We're not a big three-run homer team, and speed shows up to the ballpark everyday.
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We really need to grasp the concept that extra bases matter, you can't be balking guys over and wild-pitching guys over. I don't care if you're playing Miami of Florida or the New York Yankees; you want to make it difficult (to score runs).
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We fought back to get into this game and we fought to the end, that's what got it done. Battle Creek fought to the end, too. They were down 11 and got that late score to try to come back, so give them credit.
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We are not willing to go quietly. We are willing to break the silence.
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To me there is no solace in one-run losses. Good teams win close games, and we have go to start winning them.
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We're going to primarily rest our starting pitchers and give some guys a chance who haven't had a lot of opportunities to stake a claim for some more innings out of the bullpen. I anticipate Butler will be taking the same approach.
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We're battling, we're just not getting over the hump. We just need to get that big hit or make that big play.
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We're hoping that this will help with communication with staff, students and very much so with the parents.