Tracy pounds rock

You know what? I'm not going to single out Tracy or get into a big dissertation about him. He's not going to be any different from anybody else. That's all.

Dejan's classic interview provides a fresh glimpse into the festering madness of Jim Tracy.

"... you keep pounding the rock, keep making it clear that, hey, this is the way we're going to play. This is a formula that we feel has been very successful for us as a staff with other teams."

When asked why continue to stress the second half given the overall record, Jim essentially answers: "my style ... is the best." Jim wastes no time trying to personally take credit for the second half lucky streak of mediocre baseball. Tracy, as usual, also doesn't miss a chance to try to take credit for being surrounded with talent in LA.

On Jack calling out Castillo:

If you've got something that you need to talk to a teammate about -- like some of those comments that made it into print -- I just feel like those are things that can be handled behind closed doors. As you know, that's how I've handled a number of things in the past year.

I guess Dejan put him on the spot, but Jim basically calls out Jack for calling out Castillo then unfavorably compares Jack to Jim (on pedestal, and who doesn't do that kind of stuff)? "As you know..."? Wouldn't Dejan or anyone not know if it was really handled behind closed doors? My memory of last year, which might not be accurate, features Tracy regularly criticizing, often inexplicably, whoever he felt wasn't playing as hard as Jose Hernandez or Mike Edwards.

The most memorable Tracyese quote for me, one that I marveled over, re-reading again and again, trying to comprehend, was the one Azibuck modified, to plead with Jim, to please make sense:

If Jim Tracy realizes one thing, that all we're looking for is for him to meet us, as fans, halfway, and if he did that, I know this: He's a couple adjustments away on the English language side, of being the kind of speaker that makes sense once in a while.