Lefties are hitting .308 against him and righties are hitting .122 [entering Saturday], ... [Derek Lowe], the last three starts, has been brilliant. You need to provide him good defense.
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Related Our pitching has been pretty good, our hitting has been adequate, and our defense has been bad. That... DEWEY KALMER The three years that I've been here, this team always has been hitting well. They let Pedro and D-Lo... DAVID ORTIZ Our philosophy, for 23 years has always been pitching, defense and base-running. Hitting is last. LARRY BEETS Golden West has a good program and when you are playing good teams you have to play good defense and... JODY ALLEN Cameron's been hitting the ball real well. He's been playing great defense as well. We're really exc... VANCE ARNOLD Jim Tracy has been a passionate and valued member of the Dodger organization. I have an extremely hi... PAUL DEPODESTA Good hitting inspires good defense. JUDY SMITH I feel good out there right now and I'm throwing strikes, plus the hitting and defense has been just... BRIAN BOONE If you look at our hitting stats, our hitting stats are not very good. A lot of those points were gi... GREG MURLEY The defense has been real solid, and I feel real good about our pitching. And for the most part, our... BRAD FRANCIS It's very frustrating. We haven't got any timely hitting against the good teams and you need to do t... DEREK KARCICH When he started hitting (Saturday), the guys started screening for him. His role on the team is to s... ROB SCHMIDT For the last three weeks we've just been hitting her hard with mileage. DAN QUINN Lou's been terrific. He's so effective when he's hitting that mid-range jumper. If you crowd him, he... LON KRUGER Left-handed pitchers get paid a lot of money to get left-handed guys out or else they wouldn't b... CURTIS GRANDERSON We just need to come out focused and ready to play. We are a truly talented team and our offense has... ERIN SULLIVAN Hitting has been killing us this season. We play good defense, but we just can't seem to bring any r... LORNA LAPORTE It's pitching, hitting and defense that wins. Any two can win. All three make you unbeatable. JOE GARAGIOLA Her hitting was her nemesis last year, but she still got to play good defense for us. She's gotten s... LORI ALEXANDER That was the spark of the game, him coming off the bench and hitting three in a row. CHAUNCEY DUKE We have to improve on hitting. Our pitching has been good, but offense is where we need to improve. BROOKS SHUMAKE Tim did a great job of competing and hitting his spots. He's one of those kids, you tell him what yo... VANCE ARNOLD That's his style of hitting . If you can't imitate him, don't copy him. YOGI BERRA One of the big differences between our team this year and last year is that we are hitting a lot bet... BEAU JARRELL Max is a good hitter and has been hitting very well for us all season. He's been hitting all season ... DANNY SCHOONOVER Our pitching was really good today. Zane has pitched well all season long, and It's always been ther... JAMES MANSINGER When you only get one hit and you don't score a run, there's nothing you can do about it on defense ... BETH BEHRINGER Morris and Cooper both hit the ball hard and drove in runs. Cooper has been swinging a hot bat and h... DAVID CAMIC We are going to continue to work on hitting and defense. The Page tournament will help shape up our ... HEATHER EARLS We are a good team but have just hit one of those times when we can't put our hitting together and o... JOE BLUMBERG Death has become like a tyrant who has been completely conquered by the legitimate monarch; bound ha... ATHANASIUS OF ALEXANDRIA We did three things: We pitched well today, we played good defense and we had timely hitting. When y... DAVE CAPOZZI His command of both sides of the plate was ridiculous. He really has a nasty cutter, and he was usin... NICK SWISHER We had a good combination of good hitting, very good pitching and fine defense. DICK MANDELLA He's definitely hitting the ball well. He hit a walk-off home run Saturday (against Lincoln) and he ... CHRIS HAWKINS Adam has a good defense in front of him that is playing better and he has been playing better as the... JOE ALBERICI I would go to Europe and see him hitting balls, JACK NICKLAUS We kept the shooters from hitting our shots. They are a great three-point shooting team. We extended... EDWARD FLEMING He could have Babe Ruth hitting behind him, ... and they'd still walk him. RICH AURILIA The Reds are a good team. They were one of the teams that beat us last year. It's still early, but w... TREY ABY He started to relax a little bit. He's been working hard with [hitting coach] Troy [Gingrich], so it... RANDY KNORR All three are hitting over .400 for the season. Chris and Charlie were first-team all-section last y... DENNIS DAMP He's been the sparkplug, hitting big shots when we need them. Like I told him, I hope that he makes ... CARON BUTLER What the final product is going to be, I can't tell you. I can tell you he's hitting the ball well. ... AL AVILA I don't want him to think hitting is OK. AMY AUGEDAHL All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him. JACK DEMPSEY We are excited by the boundary hitting capability and form of Loots and we would like to see him on ... HAROON LORGAT They are a darn good hitting team. BOB BREWSTER It has been a challenge, but we are hitting that [Sept. 1] date. We are on track. JEFF SACHS We're feeling really good about ourselves, defensively, offensively and on the mound. We just need f... HECTOR RODRIGUEZ Hitting has not been the problem. JASON PIRES You try to make a guy stand in front of him to spy. And that looks good on paper. Yeah, right, ... T... HERM EDWARDS You try to make a guy stand in front of him to spy. And that looks good on paper. Yeah, right. That ... HERM EDWARDS Ton just has a knack for hitting big shots. We wouldn't be here without him. DAVE MACEDO We've been staying sound in all three areas of the game ... pitching, defense and hitting. It's big ... JEFFERIES TATFORD We felt real good where we were at halftime being up by three with Benny hitting that shot. The seco... CHAD CLUVER I worked on my hitting and my defense. I got help down there from the hitting coach and manager. The... LUIS RIVAS Against these guys, as far as I know, you have to go after them, ... Most of the time against these ... HAROLD WILLIAMS We are not very big. Our linebacking corps has good size. We are not very big on the defensive line ... GARY MOODY We've really been coming on lately hitting the ball. We've been doing a good job manufacturing runs ... BOB ROWE I was just hitting good putts but just not quite hitting them. They've got to be perfect, the greens... GREG OWEN She's staying steady. She's got the defense that's been great behind her, and we've been hitting wel... MANDY GOODWIN I need to get my slider back. You can't throw fastballs and a change and get these guys out. They ar... BRANDON BATES There has always been cheating going on in pitching and hitting. As far as cheating, using a wooden ... BOB FELLER Since Salt Lake he just hasn't been in form. He has been really struggling. You need to have consist... FRANZ KLAMMER Kirk is capable of hitting the outside shot and he can play some pretty good defense. CHRIS GRINDE I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way. GUSTAV MAHLER That's the concept of team. A great team has all the pieces pitching, defense, and hitting. AMBER HALL You get very excited about him. [He has] everything: catching, throwing, hitting, switch-hitter. He'... BOBBY COX How will he know if he is hitting the right spots if you don't tell him.!!?!! Men are not mind reade... NERISSA IRVING Just about the time we think we have Derek figured out and what to do against him he shifts on us. D... BOB MARTINKO Problems aren’t out there, whatever is missing is what you are not giving, and whatever crisis you... DEREK RYDALL We're playing well right now. We've been hitting the ball well, playing excellent defense and throwi... CLARK ADAMS It's a really good sign that he's hitting. He left hitting the ball pretty good. He was hitting it l... JEFF PENTLAND Our defense and hitting were finally coming together. KATRINA SOLOMON Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE Kyle's has been hitting the ball really well for us in the last two weeks. Even his outs have been h... DAN GAROFANO It's no hidden secret. It's no code you have to break. You have to have solid defense, you have to h... JUSTIN FLEENER Both teams came out playing aggressive defense and neither team was hitting. Whitney Scott came out ... ALANA ERICKSON (Green) really had a great day. He was hitting the ball smart and he was hitting it where I wanted h... BRYAN KING It has been like hitting up against a solid brick wall. All day and all night long, we battled to ge... RICHARD BRANSON Our defense businesses are hitting on all cylinders, having consistently met or exceeded targets for... DANIEL P. BURNHAM We're playing the way we're supposed to play and aren't doing anything crazy. Our pitchers are throw... DERON CLARK It was all there (yesterday). We got pitching, defense and timely hitting. So far we've only gotten ... JOE SICILIANO I think Pete made the right move, because (Glenside) has been hitting us late in the last couple of ... DOUG BROWN That's the most we scored in a conference game. We're hitting well and playing good defense. It's go... DEREK DOUGAN I was real happy with our overall play, defense and hitting. We were hitting the ball, but it just d... CONNIE FINN I think our hitting has been our strong suit so far. We've swung the bats and we've been aggressive.... KEITH LUCKY It felt good. The way things have been going, I've been hitting the ball well lately and I've been h... BRANDON MCARTHUR Obviously, Juan came into camp in great shape. He was hitting around .350 or .360 with Memphis. And ... BRUCE MANNO It's been a lot of fun hitting a lot of good shots. Hitting most of the greens and making a real goo... DON POOLEY I think he realizes what they are doing. I talked to [hitting coach] Gerald Perry and he thinks he's... KEN MACHA If our guys are hitting like they usually do, it stretches the defense ? it makes it a lot harder fo... BOOMER HERNDON His hitting is probably the most obvious thing that stands out about him. Jon just does everything r... GINO DIMARE We're hitting the ball well, and our defense is playing good. We're making a lot of good plays on de... TRACY MOTZNY What would have prevented him from hitting him if that was the case? If he was trying to hit him, he... CHARMEL WARREN We know how good a pitcher Curt Schilling is. The opposing team is prepared to put good swings on hi... DAVID ORTIZ We are going to continue working on our hitting in brief daily practices all this week. I am happy w... TIM MILLER I don't know what he's been eating for breakfast, but we need to keep feeding it to him because he's... MIKE WAHLE Out of his last three starts, this was his best performance. We've got to have him now through the p... LARRY WATKINS
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To sit on Mike Gonzalez until the ninth inning might have put you in a position where you don't get ... JIM TRACY I'm not the least bit shy about suggesting things to my players that make a lot of sense. I don't th... JIM TRACY It's muddled. To be as muddled as it is now is ... intriguing. JIM TRACY He has not had a bad at-bat since he's been here, ... His stock has risen, from my standpoint. JIM TRACY A spectacular game. I don't think you'd anticipate much less. JIM TRACY His (left) elbow is lower than it should be and he's not pitching like he's coming off a slope. At t... JIM TRACY Victor Santos pitched a terrific game. He pitched inside very effectively and it made his other pitc... JIM TRACY He was signed as a natural third baseman, ... He's a switch-hitter, I've seen him take some good at-... JIM TRACY I couldn't be happier for Jeff Weaver, looking at the job that he's done here over the last two year... 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JIM TRACY When you come in and you sit down at your desk and try to structure the middle of your lineup, that'... JIM TRACY This club as a whole swung and missed entirely too much. Putting base-runners in motion where you're... JIM TRACY What I've been very impressed with -- and I think you need to give a tip of the cap to Lloyd McClend... JIM TRACY My jaw didn't drop. I've seen it before. It was hit hard. JIM TRACY There are things emotionally that Milton has to get a real firm grasp on. JIM TRACY There's a lot of things that go into the equation in formulating a team, the way the pieces fit and ... JIM TRACY In a perfect scenario, you'd have Joe hitting sixth. But if it's not perfect, I could see him hittin... JIM TRACY You have to give Marquis credit. That was our quietest game this season. JIM TRACY The straightforwardness is something they really appreciate. JIM TRACY I get to giggle about those two every once in a while. JIM TRACY Don't prejudge it too quickly. JIM TRACY I'm very in tune with that. When a guy gets on a roll and stays on a roll for a little while, you ri... JIM TRACY He's a tremendous offensive player, as complete a hitter as there is in the major leagues. And I'll ... JIM TRACY After experiencing as a manager what we went through a year ago, seeing some of those champagne part... JIM TRACY I don't know that we'd be asking that same question ... he had a start in Milwaukee that was awfully... JIM TRACY We talked an awful lot in Spring Training about unselfishness and the fact that we're interested, as... JIM TRACY There wasn't any point in this series where he had to overdo it with our bullpen. You couldn't ask f... JIM TRACY What the schedule says is what you have to do. You have to deal with it. Coming out of spring traini... JIM TRACY He gave up four solo homers and he didn't let it bother him. We had a very good second inning with t... JIM TRACY It's a good thing to see. You want to be cautious about where they are, not push too hard, let them ... JIM TRACY It's not about the velocity. What impressed me was the movement Oliver had with his fastball in the ... JIM TRACY Statistically, in his case, that's what's very important, get to first base. I don't care how you ge... JIM TRACY It was wonderful to see them. They represented themselves extremely well. Timmy Hill should be very ... JIM TRACY We're going to speed Duff up and get him some at-bats. We've just got to catch up a little bit. JIM TRACY There's not any timetable yet for him to swing off a tee or swing at balls. JIM TRACY With everything we had going on (Wednesday), I didn't want to overdo it because I'm a firm believer ... JIM TRACY You've got to give Victor Santos credit. For me, that's as well as he pitched since he put on this u... JIM TRACY He makes everyone around him better. It's not going to take him months to resurrect that great hand-... JIM TRACY He may not have seen live pitching, but he's the type of guy who wouldn't take long to resurrect his... JIM TRACY Two perfect pitches to bunt -- they are fouled off and we left our guys stranded. (Chicago) created ... JIM TRACY He made a very good pitch to Linden. In other circumstances, it's a bat that's broken in half and a ... JIM TRACY One of the toughest things in the world when you're playing on the road is a leadoff walk in the bot... JIM TRACY Will we get to that in the last two weeks of the season? We'll get to it. JIM TRACY The fact that [Saenz] is facing an offspeed guy and dealing with his oblique strain, you don't want ... JIM TRACY We'll just see where he's at physically. If he gets to the point where he's physically able to pitch... JIM TRACY Another night where we took a ballclub to the limit and fortunately things worked out for us. I don'... JIM TRACY He has a lot of different things to work out. There are two players [Kent being the other] coming to... JIM TRACY I saw better life to his fastball, much better life. I can't sit here and tell you what the velocity... JIM TRACY It's important to realize that we have two special major-league players here. I kind of want to find... JIM TRACY It has been tremendous. The work ethic that has been put forth has been just great. The environment ... JIM TRACY Tonight was, in my opinion, dramatically better than what we saw in Florida. In Florida, he battled,... JIM TRACY That was his best outing. He threw four pitches for strikes and he pounded the strike zone. JIM TRACY I don't know whether my mind will be made up later in the evening [tonight] or [tomorrow]. I can't t... JIM TRACY It's safe to say we made miscues that led to every single run. We have young players out there. To e... JIM TRACY 'Killer Joe' was originally written in 1991 and first produced in '93 at the Next Theate... TRACY LETTS I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me. TRACY MORGAN People live too much of their lives on email or the Internet or text messages these days. We're ... TRACY MORGAN Maybe it's naive to say, but it almost seems like, in the past, people tried to sell you somethi... TRACY CHAPMAN I'm not a child star, but you could say that I've grown up on TV. I went from being an unkno... TRACY MORGAN Listen, Bruce Lee fought out of anger. That's why they call it the 'Fists of Fury.' Mich... TRACY MORGAN Michael's the ultimate entertainer. After Michael Jackson, it's Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra... TRACY MORGAN Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture. SPENCER TRACY Oftentimes, heavy weights can tear the muscle fiber causing it to bulk, but using a lighter weight f... TRACY ANDERSON You can't hold me to the same standard as the president or a school teacher. I'm just a come... TRACY MORGAN Eighty percent of life's satisfaction comes from meaningful relationships. BRIAN TRACY Your greatest asset is your earning ability. 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ADAM TRACY As a human race, we lost and we are still losing a lot of humanity in the process of progress TRACY SILLATO Humans can be inhuman and greed is to blame for it. TRACY SILLATO Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highro... BRIAN TRACY It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going. BRIAN TRACY Every single life only becomes great when the individual sets upon a goal or goals which they really... BRIAN TRACY Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality. BRIAN TRACY The Future belongs to the competent get good, get better, be the best ! BRIAN TRACY Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses. BRIAN TRACY Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others. BRIAN TRACY You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you. BRIAN TRACY The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a wor... BRIAN TRACY You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used thr... BRIAN TRACY The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and ... BRIAN TRACY I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active.... BRIAN TRACY There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails. SPENCER TRACY When you engage in systematic, purposeful actin, using and stretching your abilities to the maximum,... BRIAN TRACY Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing... BRIAN TRACY Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out ... BRIAN TRACY Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person. 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BRIAN TRACY Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheel... BRIAN TRACY I love working with Alec Baldwin. He's one of the five greatest actors ever to live. TRACY MORGAN Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor. BRIAN TRACY Michael and I had great role models. Though his father has passed away, his parents had an amazingly... TRACY POLLAN Younger women tend to be busier, wearing more layers and more make-up. I don't know if it's ... TRACY CHEVALIER I would love to try action films. TRACY MORGAN I have friends who are black, white, purple, gay, straight, Martian, yellow, old, and young. I have ... TRACY MORGAN I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more act... BRIAN TRACY You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you... BRIAN TRACY It's like going to the zoo when you come to my house. 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Everybody i... TRACY CHAPMAN People are just way too sensitive. You couldn't have a show like 'Archie Bunker' on TV. ... TRACY MORGAN I tell people to be thankful that Madonna is showing that it's possible to be ageless - people s... TRACY ANDERSON You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve ... BRIAN TRACY There's ups and downs of any job. If you worked at the post office, there's ups and downs. Y... TRACY MORGAN I've always been fascinated by the Norsemen, their lives, history and cosmology. The more we stu... TRACY HICKMAN I really wanted to make it as a ballet dancer to make my mom proud. But it didn't happen. TRACY ANDERSON Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses. TRACY MORGAN I think of masculine and feminine energy like two sides to a battery. There's a plus side and a ... TRACY MCMILLAN I'm a blunt person, not mean-spirited. I come from a place of love, but I'm interested in be... TRACY MCMILLAN Being funny wasn't a career choice growing up, it was my way out of situations; a way to survive... TRACY MORGAN Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabi... BRIAN TRACY I'm a big, big movie fan. I watch 'The Ten Commandments' and the original 'Planet of... TRACY MORGAN Even though on the outside we glittered like gold, inside we were almost as black as coal. Sometimes... TRACY KRIMMER Sometime between when the Summer of Love ended and the Summer of Sam began, America became a nation ... TRACY MCMILLAN I'm a hopeful cynic. TRACY CHAPMAN I love '30 Rock' because Tina Fey allows me to fly over the cuckoo nest once a week. TRACY MORGAN I do stand up sometimes out of anger. Sometimes the greatest stuff comes from a dark place. TRACY MORGAN Now love's the only thing thats free. We must take it where it's found. Pretty soon it may be costly... TRACY CHAPMAN My older brother was born, who was a cripple, then I was born, and my sister was born, the only girl... TRACY MORGAN Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality. BRIAN TRACY When you're in the spotlight, people want to dissect you and then put you back together the way ... TRACY MORGAN Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He ... TRACY KIDDER Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy c... TRACY MORGAN Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event. BRIAN TRACY Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that e... BRIAN TRACY I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs... TRACY CHAPMAN Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are alway... BRIAN TRACY The nature of the beast is that film is a director's medium. It's not a Tracy Letts play, it... TRACY LETTS My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life aft... TRACY MORGAN Sometimes I think we're exposed to things we shouldn't be exposed to too early. I think that... TRACY MORGAN You have to be highly intelligent to get away with a dumb joke. That takes a pretty smart fella. TRACY MORGAN