488 Quotes by Jim Tracy

He threw a lot of strikes and worked very few deep counts. I didn't see impatient swings on our part. He just pounded the strike zone all night long.

It remains to be seen how this will affect us. Based on last night, not at all. But that's one game. We have 37 more games to be played. And it's not just the results, but how we go about it. Do we play with enthusiasm, with intensity, with passion?

That ball was sinking. It's still pretty dog-gone good.

I don't know whose fault that was. But you can't make a mistake like that against this club.

He's the same Sean Casey I've watched over the last seven or eight years. We're talking about a guy that knows how to hit. It's just that simple - he knows how to hit.

Both have very similar stuff, stuff that can beat you down on any given day. But you don't want guys with very similar stuff pitching on back-to-back days.

Look at his numbers over the past few years. They were not too shabby.

It's not how you start. It's how you finish. It's what it looks like after six months of play.

I don't care what the numbers suggest. I thought the life to his fastball was as good as we've seen all spring. I think there could have been a couple different choices he made in a few two-strike counts, but I'll tell you: He was throwing nothing but quality pitches in the strike zone. ... He was actually too fine.