This is a guy that has had a lot of success at the major league level as an everyday player. He's a professional who will add some much-needed depth to our infield and provide a strong right-handed bat off our bench. |
Those are a couple of great acquisitions by the Mets, ... They have strengthened themselves. It's going to make them more of a force to be dealt with in the East. |
Those are a couple of great acquisitions by the Mets. They have strengthened themselves. It's going to make them more of a force to be dealt with in the East. |
Three years we felt very comfortable with. Going to a fourth year as the Mets went to, we didn't feel that comfortable, |
Three years we felt very comfortable with. Going to a fourth year as the Mets went to, we didn't feel that comfortable. |
Tom had a lot of passion for his job and for the Blue Jays, he was like Cal Ripken, ... He showed up day in, day out, rain or shine, day or night. He worked at his profession from day one until the final broadcast. |
Turned out it wasn't a good trade. |
Usually, when you come into a situation like this, |
Wait until the championship season gets going and judge for yourselves. |
We had a good conversation. |
We had a good situation with Howard and Thome here, |
We had a very thorough examination. Unless something unforeseen occurs, we think he'll be healthy and ready to perform the entire 2006 season. |
We have a very generous budget, ... We have sufficient money to do the things we need to do. We have to be imaginative and allocate the money properly. |
We have to keep plugging along and try to improve our club. I like our nine players on the field a whole bunch. The areas we have to shore up are the front end of our rotation and the back end of the bullpen. Those are the areas we're concentrating on. We're certainly working at it. |
We just felt this situation fit in the direction we wanted to go. We wanted to solidify the back end of the bullpen and we think Rhodes helps us do that. |