Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
call hate hell numerous seen
We've seen this be done on numerous occasions. You hate like hell if they huddled, reversed the call and it was wrong. To their credit, they got it right.
came says schedule
What the schedule says is what you do. I think we came out of it pretty good, all things considered.
arm ball decrease instead pushing slot throwing timing
When your timing is off and you're pushing the ball instead of throwing the ball, there will be a decrease in velocity. If the timing is off or the arm slot is off, you won't see the same thing.
helmet hits pitch sure
The pitch was up and in. In that case, you just try to make sure the pitch hits more helmet than face.
definitely group individual understand
There are a lot of little things that you definitely have to understand -- not only as an individual but as a group -- to get it done,
cannot five level mistakes six
Those first five or six innings, you cannot make mistakes like that on this level and succeed. There's no way. You can't have it.
ahead command decent innings learned pitchers positive speak
Those are young pitchers who made the adjustments, learned how important it is to get ahead in the count. There isn't much I can say positive about the first 3 2/3 innings of this game. Oliver had a decent first inning but after that there was no command to speak of.
address kept played road trip win
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.
change landscape perception
With what we have here right now, ... you'll see the landscape change and be better than what the perception is.
center chris defensive eight games
We know what kind of defensive center fielder Chris Duffy is. To get him going offensively, it's not going to do us a lot of good, eight games in, to keep going back and forth.
hitters pitches
We know he's very capable. He has the pitches to get major-league hitters out.
easy few gonna guy identical last leave quality recognize saw seeing start starts step teammates took
What we're seeing right now is, in my mind, identical to what we saw last year, when it took him a few starts to get untracked, and then you see one quality start after another. His teammates recognize that's he gonna leave everything that he has on the field, and it's very easy to step up for a guy like that.