He threw a lot of strikes and worked very few deep counts. I didn't see impatient swings on our part. He just pounded the strike zone all night long.
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Think about the ... significance of ... how many at-bats he takes this year with men on base because the guy (Casey) hitting in front of him is going to be on base. There's going to be a number of times that he's going to come up to the plate with people on base and have the opportunity to either extend the inning, put a game away or extend leads. All those possibilities will be there.Jim Tracy
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.
Jim Tracy
As a manager, I came here to make this club better, markedly better. The guys in the clubhouse, they have to realize that as a player, you have to produce. I'm not saying you're perfect and a mistake can't be made. But when you do make it, the realization that you have made a mistake and what you have to do to correct it ... there has to be a real understanding of that.
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He's the same Sean Casey I've watched over the last seven or eight years. We're talking about a guy that knows how to hit. It's just that simple - he knows how to hit.
Jim Tracy
It's an opportunity to get some more innings for some younger guys.
Jim Tracy
We're encouraged by that. We can form a definitive course of action for his rehabilitation and strengthening, so when we get to Spring Training, we won't have to deal with it.
Jim Tracy
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