Jim Tracy Point Quotations

I think he has a chance be a terrific offensive player. But part of becoming a great offensive player is having a full understanding of the strike zone and understand what pitchers try to do to him in certain situations. The only way you get to that point is you keep carrying the bat to the plate.

We need some starts where we get seven or eight innings, and it would be great if we could even get one at some point in which the guys in the bullpen wouldn't even have to pick up their gloves one day.

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.

We obviously came to a point in Los Angeles where there was a difference of opinion between Paul and I as far as how players are evaluated.

We'll just see where he's at physically. If he gets to the point where he's physically able to pitch, yeah, there's some benefit to getting him out there before the season ends. Absolutely, there is.

There does come a point in time where reality sets in.

Both plays were close. It was a run we didn't get and a run they did get. But you don't point fingers.

Once we get to the point of a second opinion and finding out exactly where that's going to take us, that's obviously the next thing that we're waiting for. In the interim, there's no need to speculate on anything about it.

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

You see building blocks. There's an immediacy in that we want to win right away, but there's also a foundation, I think, for this team to be pretty special for a number of years. When you can build something to the point it's very good, then step back and watch it perform collectively? Trust me, that's a special feeling.

You need the other guys now. I don't want spring training to get stale. With the other guys coming in, the program changes somewhat. We're at the point now where they are needed.

I purposely ... started him, just to see how he'd respond, ... And he hit the ball long and foul, but the point is, you've got to protect the runner.

I don't really think he'll get better from the sidelines. But I think we're getting to the point where you'd certainly like to think we'll sit here and see some improvement.

There wasn't any point in this series where he had to overdo it with our bullpen. You couldn't ask for a better situation going into Colorado.

I don't want to have those guys out there feel like you're completely jumping the gun. I want to also make it perfectly clear that we are definitely interested in results. And we're going to get to the point where we expect to see very favorable results.