League Quotes

You're talking about a really talented kid that can do a lot of things. Hanley Ramirez has all the talent that you need to be a successful major-leaguer. - Larry Beinfest

You're talking about a guy who just doesn't do it from week to week. He gets the job done every day of the week. I hear people talk about this person or that person being the best safety in the league after they've had one or two good years, but Dawkins has been more consistent at that position than anybody. - Troy Vincent

You're talking about a guy that got moved from the 9 hole very shortly to the 6 hole and then, in his first full season in the big leagues, being put in the 3 slot in the lineup. And he didn't blink. . . How he handled that mentally and emotionally, as much as what he did statistically, really drove the confidence that we had in making an offer like this. - Mark Shapiro

You're still playing to maybe get a call-up to the big leagues. Or it might mean you're coming back to our organization next year or there might be scouts in the stands from other organizations. - Bill Evers

You're right, but Alexander Cartwright was a good friend of Shakespeare's and they played a prototype game in an amateur league back then ... - Fran Healy

You're right, a lot of the guys we have aren't household names, but, you know, these guys, in their own leagues, they are heroes. I think the entertainment value is going to be there. I mean you're going to get 25 bucks worth of entertainment. Your not paying $1,500 to be in a front-row seat watching Holyfield and Lewis. That's why I think the money value of this event is there for sure. - Darryl Wolski

You're real happy to get a road win in this league at any time. You want to stay out of losing streaks in this league. - Oliver Purnell

You're not going to outwork Kevin Colbert. I remember seeing him out in the field, and he always asked the right questions and paid close attention to details. That's why he is where he is today. And it's why he's so highly regarded around the league. - Dan Shonka

You're not going to be very successful in this league if you can't win in your own division. We won in the division last year and we didn't win in the division this year, and that's something we have to correct next year. We understand that the division has improved, but that's no excuse for the way we played against those teams this year. - Darwin Walker

You're never out of a game in this league. - John Patterson