Sweep Quotes

[Outside opposition is another concern. Many privacy groups and other advocacy groups worry about the impact this trend could have on citizens.] Revenue departments have many, many more sweeping powers than any other agency or private collections firm would have under fair debt collection laws... So now what you'll have is revenue agents who are used to using those broad powers going after people who owe court fines or student loans. Some people might think this is great, but if you start unleashing the power of the government on those people, they might actually begin to chafe at such practices. I don't think it's a good idea. - Pete Sepp

[Maybe, though, there is in this compliment the seed of Giles' only doubt about the sweep of Haynes' career.] I just wish... he had been stretched a little more. If he had gone to say Tottenham, as he might have done, we might have seen an even harder edge to his talent as he pushed for major honours. As it was, he was the King of Fulham, and sometimes I wanted him to push a little harder to leave that comfort zone. - John Giles

[John Olerud homered twice to back a solid performance by Bronson Arroyo on Thursday night and the Red Sox beat Tampa Bay 7-4 to complete a four-game sweep. It was the third consecutive game that Boston has rallied from an early deficit to beat the Devil Rays.] I love the way it ends, ... I'd like the formula to change a little bit. - Terry Francona

[His reasoning escapes some people.] Somebody started a rumor that the city had hired me as a sweeper for $60 an hour... Our radio station guy, who cracked up when he heard that story, he says, 'Hell, I'll shut the station down and go help him sweep for that!' - Barry Turner

[But may a corporation enter the naming sweepstakes? It's not like a monkey is a sports arena.] It's a possibility... We'd have to look at that carefully. - Robert Wallace

(The sweep) was disappointing, but only because we know we can play better baseball than that. - Brian Giles