I thought he might have done a little something more (as in managing in the minors), but maybe he's ready for this. |
I understood people's frustration. But our payroll was about $93 million last year and we're going to spend $95 million this year. That's plenty of money. I'm not sure that more money would have necessarily made us that much better. |
I would think it's a good fit, ... but that's not something for me to decide. He started his career there, and he's obviously one of the top managers in the game that's not employed as a manager. Jim is going to manage somewhere in 2006. Definitely. |
If we had won that game, ... the whole Series might have been different. |
It was a very numbing affect to sit and watch what was taking place, ... It's just total disbelief what happened. |
It's allowed us to take our time in getting these guys back. We don't have to rush. |
It's still an open question. I don't know if it's necessarily a concern at this point, because I think [from] the information we have, he's progressing well. But we won't know until he gets to Spring Training and starts playing. But obviously he's a very important part of our club. If he's not available, that would be a concern. |
Jeff will be looked at as a middle innings, setup guy. He's put up some impressive numbers in the past and his penchant for getting right-handed batters out is very appealing. |
One correlation I see between the two tragedies is how this country continues to rise to the occasion and help out their fellow man -- whether it is financially, through donations, through time or goods or volunteering their efforts. It's unfortunate it takes these tragedies to bring that into place, but it just shows the strength of this country. |
Our guys, I think, feel there's still more they want to accomplish, |
Rincon has been one of the premier left-handed set-up men in the American League the last couple of years and someone we are very excited to sign. |
Sidney has made it very clear to us that he is committed to turning both his life and his career around. He's a tremendous talent who has made mistakes, but he's been making huge strides in trying to return himself to a much better quality of life. |
Spivey is someone we have expressed interest in for the past two or three seasons. He will be a strong candidate in what we envision to be a quality competition for playing time at second base. |
That first game in Boston was a pivotal point. We got down early, came back and tied it and ended up losing. I think that really knocked a lot out of us. |
That's past history, ... He had the surgery. It's over with. All we can hope for now is a speedy recovery and just go forward. |