I think his commitment to the [Classic] certainly is intriguing. I think that gives us some indication that he thinks he has something left. |
I think his commitment to the World Classic is intriguing. That gives me some indication that he thinks that he's got something left that he can go out and participate in that. |
I think it gives everybody a chance to just decompress from the night before. We're in the middle of October and physically, I think things begin to take a toll on guys. We had a somewhat leisurely day here ... it gives guys a little bit more of an opportunity to relax, go out to dinner and take a break from it. |
I think it got him on the inside of his leg. I guess if we didn't have challenges, we wouldn't have jobs. |
I think it was an unfortunate event, |
I think it's certainly a show of how much we appreciate what Phil has done and what we expect him to do in the future. We want to continue to build on what we have had here. |
I think it's certainly been a philosophy of our organization to draft primarily college players. So far, we're doing OK. |
I think Roy's mode of getting people's attention is by what he does on the mound, |
I think that gives us a lot of confidence, |
I think that's kind of the mode you get into in this kind of a role, ... You deal in the present, but you also have to plan for the future. You have to be ready, and you have to be willing to make quick decisions when those are necessary. |
I think there's a full understanding of why we have to make our decision at this point. He's going to be with us in some form or another. ... We certainly have cherished our time with him. |
I think what has changed is that technology has given you so many more resources to work with. There's just been such an explosion of data. That's made everybody's lives easier. |
I think you'd have to chain him down to keep him from starting. |
I would hope so, unless something dramatic happens. |
I'd have to speculate that a lot had to do with the fact that Grady Little is over there as a manager, and there's a close relationship with him. |