Jim Tracy Quotes on Chance (13 Quotes)

The challenge is something I like very much, ... I take a lot of pride in people saying this is a situation where you don't have a chance to succeed. I'm really challenged by that.

We had something going on in the fifth, it looked like we had a chance to get back in the game, but they cut the inning off. We took some good at-bats off him, we created some opportunity for ourselves ... but from watching him, he's got a crisp fastball and his breaking ball also is very sharp.

They don't have to be ashamed about performing the way they did last night and staying after it the way they did. Two days in a row, we've been in a position in the latter part of the game with a chance to win. Over the course of the next 160 games, you're very hopeful of the fact that you continue to do that a number of times. If you continue to do that ... you are going to win your fair share of games.

(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.

Back in May, when the Padres went something like 22-6, they had a chance to slam the door, throw the lock around the handle and close it off for everybody else. And it didn't happen. So it's not a matter of anybody putting on any type of serious charge th

He has been doing extremely well with this rehab program with his shoulder, and is throwing. We're going to continue to allow our medical people to finish the job with that. But in the meantime he's completely available to hit. We're going to DH him when we have a chance to do so to get him some at-bats.

That group of guys showed themselves really well today. They showed the potential of what they have a chance to be all about.

He's a real good player. He's a real good player. Can he make the club The answer's yes. He has a chance to make the club.

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.

Obviously, that's the hot topic these days. I've done everything I possibly can to keep Freddy involved, and he has responded big-time. You have to get Freddy at-bats, but you also have to give those other guys a chance to jump-start themselves.

He's shown me some things in batting practice and some of the other skill work that we've done that this kid has a chance to be a player. He handles the bat very well. There's a lot to like about his approach. He's very fast. He's one of those guys that he walks fast when he's just walking. He's going to get an opportunity.

We are grooming a young guy to be a ninth-inning pitcher, but I don't think initially we have to throw the guy into the lion's mouth and say, Here, let's do it now. There's a way you go about it, and you give him little bits at a time. When you have a veteran guy like Roberto Hernandez down there, it gives you a chance to mix and match a little bit.

His stuff is major-league quality. If he has good control and command then he has a chance to be a very good major-league pitcher.