I knew that, in time, they and everyone else on the team was gonna see what we had put together. |
I made the decisions that had to be made, ... I never really thought: 'Wow, what are we doing? This is bizarre. Have we lost our collective organizational minds? What's going on?' I never really thought that. I thought each of these kids could answer the call and do what was needed of them and could pinch in. They have. All of them were direct responses to specific needs that we had at the time. I think they all made sense to us when we did them. I don't know that there was any unorthodox one. Maybe Joey Devine, because there hasn't been anyone drafted in our organization who has been on the playoff roster that same year. |
I never talk about anything we do in our business, especially as it relates to rumors. I wonder if those general managers are as interested in what's going on with their ball clubs as they are in ours. |
I think it's obvious. If he doesn't do what he's doing for us, I can only imagine where we'd be. I can't imagine a player on a winning team being more valuable to his team than he's been. |
I think Roger is going to do a magnificent job for us. I'm really, really positive about what he will do for us. Having said that, what we've accomplished in the past is pretty remarkable. If we can continue at that level, I'll be very pleased. |
I think there have been dramatic changes. We lost our leadoff hitter and shortstop and lost the guy who was our closer and anticipated to be our closer. We lost our pitching coach. Those are dramatic changes that our organization has to deal with. |
I think these guys can help us. |
I think this will be cyclical. I don't believe that it will sustain itself. I think, ultimately, people who own baseball teams are going to want a more balanced approach in the person who they name as the leader of their baseball operations, the general manager, rather than someone who's just bright and knows statistics. |
I was euphoric. Barry Bonds was a Brave! ... There seemed no limits to what we could achieve over our approaching several seasons. |
I'd be very remiss if I didn't offer Leo the best of luck and offer compliments for the great work he's done while he's been here, |
I'm sure somebody can. Maybe some day. Maybe some day. |
I've always seen that. But I don't know when that future begins. |
If you assume the worst, you have to also assume with modern medical technology he'll be fixed and may very well be ready for the next several years. |
Irritation. I'm too old to get angry. Anger, that's an emotion for more serious things, |
It is somewhat surprising that we've done it with so many young guys, ... It wasn't a part of our master plan. |