The issue here was competitive balance, ... I feel this deal clearly deals with that. |
The Oakland club is in the midst of trying to get a stadium built in their area. We're clearly not going to expand. Frankly, there are people who think we've expanded too much. I hope for at least the time being that we have status quo. |
The one thing we know today is we can't continue to do business the way we have in the past. |
The only response I received from the union is that they were in the process of talking to their players and collecting their feedback. Unfortunately, that was more than five months ago. |
The president isn't bad, in fact he's pretty good. |
The sport is having its greatest year, ... We're going to top 54 million people in attendance (Saturday), and we could come close to 55 million by (today). We're at a stunning attendance pace. |
The thing is not what only happens in this country, what happens all over the world. |
The Yankees are still there, there are still spring training games. If that's the greatest criticism, the only answer I can give to that is that at some point in life, you've got to rise above your own selfish interests. If this sport is to (reach) the heights that we have to, you can't let your own myopic interest guide you. |
There is a standard of behavior that is expected of our players, which was breached in this case, |
There is an integrity issue, and that transcends that (progress being made), |
There is no change. We have eight groups bidding, and it's aggressive, spirited bidding, and we hope to have a decision in the coming short period of time. |
There is no question but that the positive shelf life of a new stadium has shrunk considerably. The new parks in themselves can't be a long-term or mid-term panacea for the problems. |
There isn't a cloud within 800 miles of here, |
There were owners, ... people who begged me [in '94] not to make an announcement [canceling the Series] because they said 'You'll be the person remembered as ...' |
There will be an owner very shortly, ... I don't think anybody is being penalized. |