488 Quotes by Jim Tracy

We played well enough on this road trip to win some of those games. We still have to address some of those little things that kept us from winning, but we were right in every game.

Having the lead changed the way we go about our business. We weren't playing catch up. You can't hope to slug your way back into games.

At some point in time you always face a little adversity. The good clubs overcome things like this.

It was just sitting in the zone. Three runs, and we're going to play catch-up from the top of the second inning on.

We still have some games to play in 2005. The landscape could obviously change one day to the next over the course of the winter. I really don't feel like sitting here and expounding on what I think it's going to look like.

He's a great athlete and a heck of a baseball player. You've got to like his future.

Once again, Elmer Dessens was great. He has been terrific. We stretched him pretty much to the limit today, and he got us to Duaner Sanchez.

He's a clubhouse leader, great for young players to be around, knows how to play the game, accepts his role willingly and does it as well as any of the other top flight guys that come off benches and play, that you can think of. What's there not to like about this guy?

Back in May, when the Padres went something like 22-6, they had a chance to slam the door, throw the lock around the handle and close it off for everybody else. And it didn't happen. So it's not a matter of anybody putting on any type of serious charge thus far, it's a matter of teams just winning some games here and there.