Jim Tracy Hope Quotations

I would certainly hope not (intentionally) in spring training. I don't think Curt Schilling goes out there to hurt people.

I would certainly hope so. At the major-league level, there has to be a lot of nights where five runs are plenty to win.

I'd like to hope so. But for that to happen, we've got to continue to come out with the intensity we've shown so far. And I believe we will.

I'd like to hope so. But in order for that to happen, we have to continue to come out here every day and play with the same type of intensity that we have played with. And we will get to that point.

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.

He was terrific tonight. I certainly would hope that this is a game he can build on. He doesn't have anything left to prove in the Minor Leagues. He has to prove that he belongs here, and I think he started to tonight.

We're looking to get guys at-bats. We're going to play our best guys and hope the best in them comes out.

To summarize for you, both guys passed (Saturday). It doesn't make any decision over the next few days any easier. But that's what you hope for. When you're in a position where you have to make choices like this, they're not easy. It's a great problem to have.

That's what you hope for. They both did exactly what I wanted them to do, probably what they wanted to do, too.

They didn't make the decision any easier. And that's what you hope for. You want to have to make tough choices. This is not easy.

We had three two-out base hits to score runs. You hope it's the start of something.

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.