Jim Tracy Group Quotations

I am a firm believer in the fact that a group of guys needs to understand the importance of 90 feet, that it makes the difference in a baseball game. These players will gain a strong realization of that.

The allure, for me, was, No. 1, the stability of the front office. The other thing was looking at a group of players I'd managed against the past couple of years and realizing there's some terrific young talent here and asking myself the question 'Why can't it be better than it has been?

This says so much about the City of Pittsburgh and their support of their sports teams. You have a group of people who absolutely love this team.

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,

The one thing I noticed about this team while watching from the other dugout is that it swung and missed too much. The approach had to change collectively, in my opinion, as far as each and every guy approaches his at bats. You need a group of players that understand that in a given situation it's pretty important for them to try and put the ball in play, and not swing and miss.

It's important that this entire group of players are involved.

I'm anxious, but I'm anxious everyday. I want to see this group of people perform.

I think a group of players has to understand the type of baseball you have to play to play winning baseball. You have to realize the importance of the intangibles, the little things.

You can't ask a group of players to play any harder than they have for two days and, especially tonight, take the kind of at-bats that we took all night long.