but jim tracy would tell you "no, bob, my players are 49- 25".ate behind-the- scenes not out front type of manager. that suits them well. >> rob: goodman though, fundamentally sound, like jim wriggleman, quiet. >> bob: troy tulowitzki. if adam dunn takes cares of this 1 or 8 or for the series. 4 of 8 to start the series. >> rob: both managers only get loud when they have to. and that means if you're not playing well like the nationals did that one night they made four errors and they had a closed-door meeting to figure things out.   . >> bob: brad hawpe steps in hitting .304.   this is sort of interesting. i was told by some colorado personnel last night that the general manager candidate the nationals did not hire once said brad hawpe will never see a pitch in the major leagues.   . >> rob: well then. >> bob: also said that clint var mass will never be more than a utility player. >> rob: ho nellie. >> bob: one ball and one strike to ha

jim tracy, very steady personality. acta weren't, but as i said before earlier if the game, manager needs to set the tone day to day, week to week. things start going poorly for you, jim riggleman pulled the troops together and said listen we're not going to play like that out on a major league baseball field. think it was that four-airer game one game, and jim tracy the same way. >> bob: i think that was jim riggleman's second game, the night the cubs were here, it was ugly, and he got after these guys. helton singled the last time up, 1 for 3. but you couldn't get more polar opposite than hurdal and tracey. hurdle was always out front, very visible, very outspoken. jim tracy prefers the shadows, and the light to shine on his players. 3-1. 3-2 to helton. he'll tack the walk with one out. -- he'll take the walk with one out.    now sean burnett is  he will give up a home run and a walk in one-third of an inning, and that could turn out to be the difference in the game. here comes

. >> you ask jim tracy about this team. he cannot stop talking about that clubhouse and what a bunch of quality young men. this was a team that was drafted, signed, developmented most homegrown players by the rockies. they have not gone out and made a lot of deals. they got the runner pick off. and now, they have to get the runner between home and third. s that fine. waiting for the throw is bard and the inning is over. the nationals kept very calm, rivera never panicked. he made one throw and got the ball from the third to home run down and the rockies run themselves out of inning. that will go 1-6-5 and then zimmerman to 2. inning over. each with an average speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. grab your bag . it's on™west so our low fares stay low. ( ding ) book now at southwest.com. geico's been saving people money and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and

jim tracy replacing clint hurdle was a footnote. nobody paid any mind to it. it was lick clint hurdle what a shame he gets fired not so far from the way they made the run in september of 2007. now here they are in it with the dodgers, he is an ex-dodger manager. i believe that as much as we are talking about the wild card today i think if september plays out we could see a wonderful three-team race to see who finishes first in the national league west. >> the thing we have to stress is the wild card, if you get it now baseball is just like the other sports, it is all that matters, get in. wild cards can win so just get in. >> for toes who think that the bench coach doesn't mean anything, take look at jim tracy, who was just added this year as bench coach. up next the campaign for the b.c.s. championship and the heisman gets under way this week. n i'll be honest with you... that whole et favre thing was really hard to keep track of. so we had to come up with a system. you're sure? he's coming back! he's coming back. he's coming back. he's coming back. he's comi

. >> bob: since jim tracy took over as their manager. 12 games over .500 at the moment, and that's ainteresting that both ball clubs have new managers, and both playing really well after the changes. >> rob: well, a lot of times -- >> bob: and guzman gone. >> rob: there's the strikeout of guzman by jimenez. you're going to see a lot of those. but a lot of times, the managers set the tone, they take on the identity of the manager, and here you see the 1- 2 pitch right there. just high heat. 97 miles an hour. maybe because of that late break, he get this call, but bottom line is, jim tracy is kind of a guy like jim riggleman. no nonsense, very fundamental people, and the bottom line is they have taken on the image of jim wriggleman and jim tracy. and it isn't about what the other managers did do not, it's about what these managers do. >> how about 47-25 under tracy? dexter fowler on the move for an easy out. and zimmerman who doesn't first pitch swing very often is out on one offering here in the first. that will bring up adam dunn. >> rob: jimenez will bring the heat. almost 95 plus o

it took hunter wendelstedt a while to decide and jim tracy wants to know why. the manager is out of the dugout. now wait a minute. maybe the inning is not over. >> rob: they are saying foul ball now. >> bob: they are going to change their mind after some real uncertainty by the home plate umpire.   jim tracy out of the dugout a hurry and now jim riggleman wants to know what's goin' on.   hunter wendelstedt is evide showing him the ball where it was hit by the bat. and this is not -- >> rob: no, it hit the ground. >> bob: a casual conversation. >> rob: but he said it hit the bat and one of the umpires said it was a foul ball.   . >> bob: jim riggleman is an >> rob: he should be because i think this is a strikeout. i don't think he is anywhere near fouling the ball off. here is the xmo. let's see where the ball hit. yeah, he is nowhere near hitting it. the mark is made from the ground. he is out.   well, do it aga

jim tracy.over .500, one up on the giants. 2 over the marlins in the national league wild card race. fastball, high.   >> ballester's career record - 9. this is his 21st major league start. that ball will be out of play to the left side. one of reasons colorado has been good this year, other than their talent. personnel. they are a good road team. a record of 34 and 30 away from coors field and 9 games over 500 at home. not all young teams are able to do something like that. 11-and 2 a lead-off walk. nationals defensively still statistically the worst in the league but not the worst in the league lately. morgan between willingham and dukes. belliard starts at 2nd base and josh bard behind the plate. that's not the kind of start we wanted from ballester. almost pitched allotment for the inning. want to stay in ball games you have to keep that inning count of pitches down. >> you don't want to be at 110. i keep hearing to radio and other things written around town about how wel

. >> rockies skipper jim tracy had high praise for j.a. happ. he said, "happ pitched one of the best games we've seen all year." the phillies lefthander struck out a career-high 10, finished with a four-hit shutout -- his second shutout of the season. pedro martinez made a rehab start for philadelphia's double-a team wednesday. six innings, three earned runs, 11 strikeouts. that creates a bit of a situation. if pedro joins the phillies rotation it's assumed that it's happ who could be headed to the bullpen. the giants and astros wrapping up a three-game set at minute maid park. brian moehler, on the mound -- bottom sixth, tied at 3-3, not now -- eli whiteside a grand slam, his first career home run. the giants win 10-6. rookie joe martinez wins his first major league start. he was pitching in the bigs for the first time since being hit in the head by a line drive on april 9. the giants have won 10 of their last 14 while the astros have dropped nine of their last 12. n.l. wild card race looks like this. the rockies a scant half game behind the gi

. >> jim: 44-22 under jim tracy after the managerial change. >> gary: they have the one game lead in gue wild card race over the giants. >> jim: the nationals trying to make it nine in a row, though they trail 4-1 down in atlanta. >> gary: there's the tapper back to the mound. cahill underhanded flip to get the out. on sunday, the first 10,000 fans are going to receive a limited edition orioles bird stuffed toy, better not be oil in it, gather up your family and spend the afternoon at the yard. the web kins oriole bird. nolan reimold, reimold struck out last time up, had a single and scored, has a stolen base in the ballgame. melvin mora, ground ball out, rbi for the first run. the orioles got rbi's in the fifth on a single by roberts and a ground ball out by jones. two home runs on the other side for the a's. hairston and kennedy solo shots. bottom half of the sixth. cahill, the 0-2. cahill trying to end the three game losing strike that he is in and not add to the 11 losses that he's put up so far this season. >> jim: he's actually pitched pretty well. change-up and sinker, his best

tracy morgan, everybody! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jim: that's a good man! yeah! >> yo, jim! organ sit." >> yeah, "the tracy morgan sit." i'm too old to be dipping. [ laughter ] this is for you for the hunny. this is for the hundred. >> jimmy: for the hundred? >> yeah. >> jimmy: dude, you're the greatest. >> open it up, boy. >> jimmy: i should? >> check it out. yeah. i'm laid some treats on you. >> jimmy: what? >> i laid some treats on you. >> jimmy: thank you man. "happy 100 jimbo, acy." [ laughter ] oh, man -- >> check it out. something special. uh-huh. check it out, good. open it. >> jimmy: all right, buddy. >> struggle. without no struggle, there is no progress. [ laughter ] struggle. >> jimmy: it's like sitting next to deepak chopra. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: wow. >> chocolates. i would have gotten you a bigger box, but there's a recession. [ laughter ] that's what they told me. >> jimmy: they told you that? >> yeah. >> jimmy: this is godiva chocolates. these are great chocolates. >> right on. >> jimmy: tracy, that's so nice of you. thank you. >> got them downstairs

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which driver took advantage of a which driver ♪ook advantage of a jim, when you touch down at hampton, you wake up a winner. that's right, tracy to their complimentary hot breakfast -- omelets. sausage. french toast sticks. i love french food... and sticks. i never thought i'd get this far. but i learned how to motivate people, to put the team first and to never stop learning. i started to expect more of myself, and of others. and where did i learn all this? as an officer in the u.s. army reserve. (announcer) an officer leads by example. can you? find out at goarmy.com/officer see i told you there were forty shots in there. but you also said there'd be a reverse ventriloquist act here. excuse me guys. (announcer) calling all captains. drink responsibly. >> nascar sprint cup making a stop in bristol -- that's tennessee, not connecticut. mark martin won the pole. starting his 1,000th race. lap 11, this was the view from joey logano's car. reed sorenson in the 43 car fighting for position with logano, bumps logano from behind, logano spins out and bumps into the wall, he would head to the garage for repair. lap 256, kurt busch on

jim, when you touch down at hampton, you wake up a winner. that's right, tracy.s to their complimentary hot breakfast -- omelets. sausage. french toast sticks. i love french food... and sticks. >> nascar sprint cup making a stop in bristol -- that's tennessee, not connecticut. mark martin won the pole. starting his 1,000th race. lap 11, this was the view from joey logano's car. reed sorenson in the 43 car fighting for position with logano, bumps logano from behind, logano spins out and bumps into the wall, he would head to the garage for repair. lap 256, kurt busch on pit road, his crew can't get the tear-off off the windshield before busch drives away, then it comes off and starts blowing in traffic, blows away before doing any damage to the other cars. lap 317, jimmie johnson battling with mark martin for the lead, johnson passes martin on the outside so johnson is the new race leader. lap 423, johnson's crew having issues in the pits, they drop a jack while adjusting his right-rear tire. johnson a bit wobbly coming out of the pits, almost collides with david r

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