Jim Tracy Special Quotations

We're a solid defensive club. We make routine plays, and we're capable of making special plays.

He's a special player, a very special player. People know that in our game.

He's done a great job and he's really shown me he has a chance to be a very special player. He's a tremendous talent.

(Playing the Dodgers) is kind of special. It was five years that I spent there. In my opinion they were five very special years. There were a lot of very special things we accomplished there. There were things that some people thought we were never going to have a chance to do, but we did.

There are a lot of very special people who are still there. You build relationships with people in this game, and some you build lifelong relationships with. There are a few over there I have done that with.

We've got to find opportunities for them. I don't want to see either of them sit for any period of time and not participate. We can't let these guys sit for days on end and then ask them to do something special in the seventh or eighth inning.

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.

They got a home run in the first inning from a very special player. But beyond that, we matched them pitch for pitch and play for play.

He's one of those special players I've dealt with in the six years I've managed in the big leagues.

The main thing that I wanted to get across to both of them is to not feel compelled to force things, because the important thing for both of them to realize is that we have two very special Major League players here. We have to find playing time for both because they really kind of complement one another.