[General manager Dave Littlefield] can entertain anyone he wants. I'm fine with what happened, and that was a long time ago. |
A lot of people are excited about Jim Tracy and the players we have picked up. The All-Star game is a bonus. |
A lot of people feel we have chance to turn the corner. We just need to go out to play. |
A lot of people outside our organization speak very highly of [Tracy], |
All I'll say is this is Dave's decision -- he can entertain anyone he wants. I'm not going to try to sway him one way or another, ... I'm fine with what happened and that was a long time ago. Whoever Dave picks, we want someone who gives us the best chance to win. |
All I'll say is this is Dave's decision – he can entertain anyone he wants. I'm not going to try to sway him one way or another, ... I'm fine with what happened and that was a long time ago. Whoever Dave picks, we want someone who gives us the best chance to win. |
All I'll say is this is Dave's decision ? he can entertain anyone he wants. I'm not going to try to sway him one way or another, ... I'm fine with what happened and that was a long time ago. Whoever Dave picks, we want someone who gives us the best chance to win. |
As it always does, it will come down to starting pitching. I don't think you can discount a player because of youth. |
Dave deserves to see this thing through. |
Dave will set up the interviews, |
He has the buy-in of the entire team. We couldn't have found a better person for the job with this group we have right now. |
He understands that our scouting and player development system is the lifeblood of this ball club and the key to our sustained success. A few years ago, we set out to improve our farm system. We did, and continue to devote the necessary resources to that area of our organization. We are beginning to see the results of those efforts, as we see more homegrown talent at the major league level. |
I do think this move puts even more pressure on us, in some ways. I think we have to improve next year. Dave's made a decision that, hopefully, will give us the best chance to do that, along with adding a bat that we desperately need and spending a little more money. I think we're going to put ourselves in the best position we've been in for a long time. |
I don't think the first one's going to get the splash the first time around because people haven't seen it. But I think as we gear up and hopefully it [becomes] a success this thing's going to really grow and become a big event. |
I think it's going to be a wide-open search. I think a lot of names will pop up. |