488 Quotes by Jim Tracy

The biggest thing is to get him back completely functional versus seeing parts of him, parts of him there. With what I was hearing medically Friday and Saturday, it didn't make any sense to try to push it.

He got out of his game. He got out of what helped to get him off to a great start. I saw a much longer swing in Houston. I saw a very short wall in left field and I saw somebody that was trying to reach it way too often.

You've got to do better than that. If you are going to change the fortunes of your ball club, you've got to be able to beat these guys.

We had opportunities. But you need that one extra hit, the one that puts you back in the game.

Personally, I don't know how he caught it.

He doesn't realize what a huge backer he has sitting here. I respect him to the nth degree for the way he's handled himself.

The best way to approach a player with his type of ability and talent is to feel like you've developed a type of environment to allow his development to continue on its natural course. With what we have done this winter, we have put this young man in a position to where his natural progression as a Major League Baseball player has a genuine opportunity to take place without heaping any unexpected expectations on him.

We have three good catchers. Our attitude is we're looking forward to seeing what they can do.

Offensively, we did some great things. To get back in the game in the manner in which we did took some great at-bats.