488 Quotes by Jim Tracy

the attention span is a bit greater when he does speak to something.

You've got to be able to pitch and you've got to be able to catch the ball. If you can't, you probably won't be very good.

He got 13 ground ball outs, and that's good for a nine-inning game. That's an indication of how well he pitched. That's a very positive sign ... It's March 18th, and you want to see your pitchers starting to sharpen.

We have the better part of five months of baseball to play.

(Sunday) I did not see Oliver pitching. I saw him just throwing and relying on stuff. If you do that and you fall behind in the count, you're not going to have much success.

Andrew losing his life at that age was as devastating to me as losing one of my own children. I'll never forget Andrew as long as I live.

He gives you the impression that he learned how to pitch, not just throw the ball, but do what he wanted to do with it, at about the age of 10. He has a real understanding of what he's trying to do. He comes in every day with a plan.

No question there's a lot of pitching here. And we're keeping an open mind to everything we see.

He gets it. He gets situations. He gets who's batting ahead of him in the lineup and he gets who's batting behind him. To have a winning-caliber team, you need players like that.