I was very grateful for his special advisory help the last two weeks. It's been great. He's a great baseball man and a great individual. He'll be a general manager again. |
I'll be here every day. I will be hands-on. That's a promise. |
I'll be just walking about. I want to get acclimated and get some exposure [to the team] for myself. |
I'm a fan. I'm just excited. It's fun, it's upbeat. These kids don't think they can lose. That's the attitude you have to take. |
I'm pleased with the outcome on all of the changes we've made. Most of the changes that will be made from now on in the future will be made by the man on my left and the man on my right. |
I'm very grateful to Dan O'Brien for the work he did. But I wanted someone in this vitally important position that I selected. |
If all the stars line up, we're going to have a pitching staff that's a lot better than it was last year. |
It all comes down to the organization we build and the people that we surround ourselves with. |
It was a very big consideration - very big. |
It was disappointing as a fan. |
It's been an exhilarating day. We had everything go right for us but the outcome of the game, but that's baseball. The weather went right, the parade went well, the president throwing out the first pitch went flawless. |
It's got to be somebody who's very knowledgeable about baseball, passionate, a good evaluator of talent. |
It's gratifying to see how many people care about this organization and bringing championship baseball here. People care, they really care, and these are competent people that are part of this organization or want to be part of it. This is a hidden treasure here. |
It's important we can convey our message through the media and to the fans. I think for a long time, the fans and the media perhaps felt that hasn't always been the case. |
Lou really had a year that he had to stay away from major league baseball. I didn't know that at the time we talked about it. It's just not going to happen this year. And I would expect Lou to go back to managing. |