This has been a resilient club for an entire season. There is really no reason for that to change. The club has the right attitude to absorb bumps in the road. |
This qualifies us to finish the job that we set out to do. It took a long time, a lot of games, a lot of aches and pains, a lot of ups and downs to get to the point we're at. If you really look at it, it's now only an eight-team race. |
Those are some of the players we have discussed offering multiyear contracts to. |
Tim's going to have a heck of an opportunity to find out if his body's still good to go. There's just something about getting out on the grass and being able to run around with all the other guys that has its attraction. |
To my knowledge he is healthy right now. The decision belongs to Santana. |
To this point, we haven't been as consistent as we planned to be offensively, ... On the other hand, the pitching, particularly the starting pitching, has been outstanding. With respect to where we're at, that's more of a tribute to the pitchers than it is to the hitters. |
Today was not a hard deadline. If need be, we will voice our concerns with others back [in New York]. The encouraging thing is the two guys we're concerned with have made progress, and they are not reporting their arms are hurting. |
We don't think it is nearly the problem that all of you do. We have a number of players that we feel that can get the job done. The past isn't necessarily a predictor of the future. That is the way it is in sports. The talent is there. |
We envision Hector as having a shot at our rotation. All that will be determined in spring training. Our scouts had good reports on him and they suggested him, in particular as a starter. |
We expect the best effort he can give us, ... He's as competitive a guy as you'll ever find. |
We had an opportunity to sign Guerrero in January '04. I called him and literally in a minute I had a response from him. So it wasn't one of those things where you say, 'Hey, we're going to commit 70 million bucks here; let's go think about this.' |
We had to make a decision real quick. The rosters had to be in by 10 a.m., |
We have a lot of good players at a number of positions; we have so many of them coming. The challenge is to find places for them to play. |
We have not heard anything. But whatever he decides to do, we will support the decision. |
We were hoping for a better season from him, and I'm sure the Giants were hoping for a better season from Alfonzo as well. Neither had career years. I talked to Steve and I know he's working as hard as ever. |