This is important because it shows it's not just about baseball. We've always said that the community is what matters the most. In order to have fans, you have to have a community. For people who lost their homes, it's hard for them to be fans if they have no place to live. This is a far bigger priority. |
This was going to be the year we were going to open the new stadium. So opening day I'm projecting sadness for myself, because it was going to be in a new stadium. |
To imagine baseball getting involved is not far-fetched. How the involvement will end up looking is not yet determined. |
We always have hurricane awareness, we advertise that at games, talk about it, and we try to schedule more off days in September for makeup games. |
We asked them a few questions, they asked us a few questions. We're both going to answer each other's questions and then see about another meeting. |
We cannot contemplate a scenario where we would stay at Dolphins Stadium beyond 2010. |
We cannot contemplate a scenario where we would stay at Dolphins Stadium beyond 2010. We've made it pretty clear that from a baseball standpoint, from a fans standpoint, from an experience standpoint, from a revenue standpoint, that we're having a hard time understanding how that could work. |
We do have the best grounds crew in the sport. But sometimes things happen that are out of their control. |
We have been contacted by many cities, and we have not really commented until if and when we visit. |
We have bent over backwards with the amount of genuflecting we've done to ingratiate ourselves with the Montreal community. |
We have made progress from an initial conversation to an indication of interest from the business community, from the cooperate community, from the fans, from the political community. We're serious, because Jeffrey and the mayor would not allocate their time this way if they weren't. |
We have to be somewhere in 2011 and we could be somewhere as early as 2008. There is a temporary place to play in Norfolk, which is something we could look at strongly. |
We look forward to discussing this plan with Judge Wolff. It's the first step of a long, interesting process to see if there is a match. |
We promised we would explore all areas and all possible sites. |
We scheduled it that way. They were spring break games and we turned them into afternoon games so people who had commitments at night would be able to come to the game in the afternoon. It's keeping all the options open for everybody. |