488 Quotes by Jim Tracy

When half of the team is the pitching staff, there are some intangible things that are important. We can sit here and talk about hitting all we want. But that won't help the other part that is vitally necessary to the success of the Major League team, and that's the interaction that takes place between two guys 60 feet, six inches away from one another. That's just as important as anybody's batting average.

It will depend on how things go through the weekend, not only here but what also takes place in San Diego. Once we get beyond (next week's series at Arizona), we'll see what the landscape is.

We threw a ton of strikes and we made some very good 0-2 pitches.

As a two-hole hitter, this guy has the capability for doing great things for us offensively.

We're not going to let any of them wander off track. We're going to show them support and give them the information they need to improve. We're going to point them to the film room where they can study and learn from their mistakes.

The two-out, two-run double by Saenz in the first got things headed in the right direction.

He really understands that he needs command and the ability to throw strikes when he pitches in the latter innings of games. I'm very pleased with the progress he has made in that area this spring.

They huddled up. They got it right. That's the bottom line.

A very wonderful note, I might add. A very professionally done thing.