It can be a mistake to bring back the same team year after year. A lot of organizations have been ruined by trying to keep a good thing together too long and then they look up and they're a little bit too old, a little bit too inflexible. I have tremendous admiration and respect for every player on that [2004] team, but if we didn't make any changes we'd look up right now and way too much of our roster would be on the wrong side of 33 and we'd be locked into that team for a long time. |
It doesn't matter how we got here, it only matters what we do the rest of the way. We're in position where if we play well this weekend, we're going to get in. If we don't, we probably don't deserve to. |
It hurts, ... It wouldn't be any fun to win if it didn't hurt to lose. |
It made all the sense in the world to give him and the organization some security and reinforce the notion that he is part of the leadership group here. We know the players all feel that way. The front office feels that way. It made sense to get it done now. |
It might be the greatest game ever played. I'd like to hear other nominations. We were just joking around, that might have been one of the greatest at-bats ever, to end the greatest game ever played. |
It was a chance for us to bring back the one guy who's probably most qualified to catch Tim Wakefield (and) put him in a situation to succeed. Josh was working really hard and going about it in a very professional way. |
It was a fair trade because there was tremendous talent on both sides. The Red Sox are getting more established talent, but the Marlins are getting tremendous upside talent and affordable talent. One side was paying a lot more money in exchange for the more established players. They weren't perfect prospects and we weren't getting perfect players. |
It was a time in my life I'll always look back on with fond memories, |
It was a time of personal conflict. We had discord. |
It was a tough day. He's never boring. |
It will be somewhere in between where we try to maintain the best of what we have, we try to integrate talented young players, we try to set ourselves up not only for 2006 but also for the future and we try to win at the same time. All those things go into the decision-making process. But you can't be afraid of change. You have to embrace it and turn it into a positive. |
It's a much, much much better situation, one that has a clear direction and a clear vision. |
It's an opportunity for them to get a little bit of big-league experience, see how the guys go about batting practice, ... The way they get their work in. It all fits together. Big league. Instructional league. We're all part of the same organization. These guys are not that far away. Last night is a good example. |
It's an opportunity for them to get a little bit of big-league experience, see how the guys go about batting practice. The way they get their work in. It all fits together. Big league. Instructional league. We're all part of the same organization. These guys are not that far away. Last night is a good example. |
It's been less than an ideal year, but under the circumstances he's made significant contributions. |