Whatever brings the team together. |
When I saw that Octavio had surgery I started counting the dates because I knew he was a free agent. I thought there might be something there. |
Why should it? There's nothing wrong with him. I'm not worried because no one else has told me there's any issue here. |
With the four guys I have (in the middle), I can make a case for anything. |
With the offensive lineup that we have, you can afford that, to squeeze something like that in, ... If you can get a fly-ball catcher to hold the fort and support the pitching staff, you won?t be doing yourself an injustice. |
You can't do this job with a GM and a manager that don't see eye to eye, that aren't on the same page, ... That's a recipe for disaster. |
You find a team and come together as a team in a lot of different ways. You need everybody to step up, and that's going to have to come from places you didn't expect. That's the beauty of trying to put together great seasons where you have those unexpected bursts of output. |
You gravitate to that first. But then you have to have the conversation about whether somebody is the right fit for this city. |
[Brian Cashman said he doubted the Yankees would make a deal before rosters expand on Sept. 1.] I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so, ... It's been a pretty tough market. Slim pickings. |
[It also made one concept alarmingly clear:] We couldn't be afraid to try anything, ... Things weren't going to go to plan, so we had to be willing to shake things up. |
[The Dodgers continued to tell the Yankees that the deal would take place. The teams reached a formal agreement on Monday at midnight, but the Dodgers added a wrinkle: all players must take physicals by 5 p.m. on Wednesday.] There was an issue for one of the clubs that they wanted physicals to take place, ... It was Monday at midnight, and the only way it could work is if you could take the physical by a certain time on Wednesday. And that was not feasible. |
[The general manager is staying with the only team he's ever worked for, agreeing Thursday to a three-year contract worth more than $5 million US.] I'm back in the fold, ... I'm anxious to get forward working at trying to deliver what the fan base wants the most and our ownership wants the most, which is playing deep into October and win a world championship. |