The doctor thought it was something he could fix relatively easy. It's not too different from what [catcher] Jason LaRue had. |
The last thing I want to do is put him in three days early and he's out for two months. I'm not alarmed by it at all. |
The last time I was sitting in this chair ... it was the day of my second interview. Did I think I was going to be named GM the day of the second interview? I've got to pinch myself. This is pretty special stuff. |
There are a lot of good people here. |
There's absolutely no reason we can't get back to being regarded in that light by the baseball fraternity. There's absolutely no reason. |
There's nothing I don't like about him. |
There's nothing new there. We've got to play it out with the visa situation. |
They have a surplus of seven starting pitchers in their mind and I agree. They needed a right-handed bat to complement Trot Nixon. It all fell into place rather quickly. [Boston general manager] Theo Epstein and I have been talking about this for three or four days. |
They have a surplus of seven starting pitchers in their mind and I agree. We get a quality starter out of this. |
They'll be a nice team. I'm excited about it. We feel this restructuring will be a positive one. Both people have respective strengths. Setting it up this way will make maximum use of their strengths. |
This is a happy day for the Reds. I haven't talked to Adam, but I hope he feels as good about it as we do. Hopefully is sends a nice message that he's appreciated and we're looking for big things from him. |
To me, he's got an innate ability to pick 'em and real good instincts about scouting. |
Vern is the pitching coach. |
Vern's got a great attitude. We support him. The most important thing is to get him the best possible treatment as soon as possible. |
Vern's upbeat - you know the kind of guy he is. But it hits you in the gut when you hear that word. |