I think the job will have fairly minimal involvement, ... I have flexibility. I'm in a situation where I can call clubs. It also gives me the option if I don't find anything else now to wait a year. |
I think the market is probably going to be pretty fair. I don't know if there's an ace pitcher out there that's going to be available. But there are plenty of position players, and some No. 3 starters. |
I think we've had a lot of distractions and I have no doubt in my mind that has affected our performance, |
I'd know we're both straight-shooters. He knows what he wants to do. |
I'm very interested, and obviously I get a good chance to get familiar with what's gone on here, so it's helpful for me. It also gives him an opportunity to see me and talk to me and somewhat interview me as well. |
I've heard that theory, but it's never been a concern of mine. |
If he comes back and is healthy, you try to give him a chance to go out this season healthy, |
It is my understanding is that I think he will return to Baltimore, but I don't think he will be dressing out again, |
It was a matter of him coming back and getting in shape and playing again and all that, as well as the distraction of everything else that's going on. It's been a big enough distraction, and he hasn't been here. So, we decided for the organization and for the players that are here that it would be best that he not dress for the rest of the year. |
It's a big distraction and he hasn't even been here, ... We decided for the organization, for the players who are here that he not dress. |
It's a new personality in the clubhouse. It changes the mix a little bit. He'll try to do things to help you win. When you put that with our club, I think it's a good match. |
It's better off for these guys to be allowed to play out the season with as little distraction as they can. It's been a long season with respect to that. |
It's not something that's been brewing for a long time. The decision really was made in the last day that we should make the change. I talked to Maz this morning about making the change. Maz was very professional about it. He understood, and he thanked me. But it was one of those short meetings you have where there weren't a lot of questions you have to ask or answer. |
Not that I know of, |
Obviously the further along it gets, the harder it is to bring him back. We've been calling and talking to him, and we just have to see where he is the next day or so. |