Any decision we make from now on is an important decision. |
Anybody connected with the game has to work like hell to get the people's trust back. |
Anybody who said they expected him to be this kind of an offensive guy is, I think, they'd be guessing. First of all, I felt he was going to be a good hitter. I never dreamed he was going to have the kind of power that he has now. |
Anyone who has had cancer knows how important research is in extending lives. |
As far as getting on a mound, he's shut down. |
As far as going back to Houston in May, I don?t think (that) is going to be any big deal for him. It would probably benefit him because he won?t have to pitch the whole time. |
As far as I know he didn't do anything more than what he had when we put him on the disabled list. |
As far as we know it's not related to anything other than it's uncomfortable for him. I don't think we can schedule him now until the soreness gets out. |
As far as we know, it's not related to anything other than being uncomfortable for him. We'll wait and see when the soreness is out, then proceed. |
As I was going through the parking lot, he was pulling up in a car and he said, `Hi Joseph,' ... Just little things that he does as opposed to what he says go a long way with me. |
As much as you'd like to say it's important, it's not. Spring Training is important, playing games to win is important, but statistics aren't important. |
Ask me after the season. |
At a charity event, Bernie sat in with James Taylor and played with him. He's an artist. Bernie doesn't have baseball instincts like a lot of other players. Instincts, you're not born with. He's got to digest and calculate. He works extremely hard. |
At some point soon, I'll sit down with Bernie and we'll go over everything. I have a great relationship with him, and always have. I've probably talked to him more than any other player here in my tenure. If the first game of the season were today, I'd say he'd be the starting DH. But I also want to give him a lot of time in the corners (left and right field), with the emphasis more on him playing right than left, spelling Sheffield. |
At the time, it didn't look like it was important, but it turned out to be. |