488 Quotes by Jim Tracy

He may not have seen live pitching, but he's the type of guy who wouldn't take long to resurrect his hand-eye coordination. I don't think he hit 700-and-something home runs by accident. I think you would have to be aware of him.

It's better than nice. Better than nice. That says a lot. The mere suggestion of it says a lot.

The one thing I noticed about this team while watching from the other dugout is that it swung and missed too much. The approach had to change collectively, in my opinion, as far as each and every guy approaches his at bats. You need a group of players that understand that in a given situation it's pretty important for them to try and put the ball in play, and not swing and miss.

The challenge is something I like very much, ... I take a lot of pride in people saying this is a situation where you don't have a chance to succeed. I'm really challenged by that.

We got the three runs in the third, but we did nothing else. That's all we did.

He makes everyone around him better. It's not going to take him months to resurrect that great hand-eye coordination. It's safe to say he's a weapon depending on where he's at with his rehab situation.

A day like today -- that's something that happens even with an 'ace' of the staff.

It simply boils down to the fact that they got a hit when they needed it and we got a base-on-balls.

We got the three runs in that inning and we didn't do anything else. That's our offensive game tonight.