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Jim Tracy Quotes

«Obviously, it's not something you want to see. That's for sure. But I think you always have to be prepared for something like this to happen to one of your players.»
Author: Jim Tracy
«He could hardly lay still. That's how much pain he was in.»
Author: Jim Tracy
«If he's hitting in 2-0 and 3-1 counts, the ball is going to be put in play -- probably hard. You just hope it's hit at somebody.»
Author: 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.»
Author: Jim Tracy
«I'm not sitting here suggesting that guys don't get hits on an 0-2 or a 1-2 pitch ... but ordinarily, on 0-2, you don't see balls get hammered. When you come up through a minor-league system, you know early on that when you get a hitter 0-2, a ball sitting right in the middle of the plate is not a very good location.»
Author: Jim Tracy
«As a manager, I came here to make this club better, markedly better. The guys in the clubhouse, they have to realize that as a player, you have to produce. I'm not saying you're perfect and a mistake can't be made. But when you do make it, the realization that you have made a mistake and what you have to do to correct it ... there has to be a real understanding of that.»
Author: Jim Tracy
«When he was down on the ground, he was having shooting pain that was really bothering him, but beyond that I don't know.»
Author: Jim Tracy
«You have to be prepared for something like this to take place with one of your players. As I said many times during Spring Training, always be asking yourself the what-if question. Craig Wilson looms very large right now.»
Author: Jim Tracy
«We need the [starting pitchers] to pick up their end and carry what it is that we are asking them to do. Nothing more than that. There are no unexpected expectations at all. Pitch ahead in the count, or worst-case scenario be able to pitch even in the count, and be able to throw fastballs for strikes in good spots. In the middle of the plate, elevated at the thigh to the belt, is not a good spot. It's a very bad spot.»
Author: Jim Tracy
«That's how people learn. That's our responsibility to make sure those things are taken care of.»
Author: Jim Tracy