6 Quotes by Brian Goldberg

Business aside, you still have to be, first and foremost, a fan. And when you get down to a month before the end of the season, and there's this many teams in it, it's got to be a good thing.

He really wants to make this work. While things certainly haven't worked out the way Kenny wanted if Kenny had been healthy the past four years and hitting 50 home runs, it still wouldn't have meant a division title for the Reds. That's where people are just trying to find someone to blame.

Junior is not looking to get out of Cincinnati. If the Reds want to initiate a trade and seek his approval, that's their prerogative, and Junior and I would deal with that if they were to come to us.

Junior has no illusions that he's 25, but he'll go at it and work hard. If everything is working out, he'll play.

The frustrating part is that I still do not know who I could call with the Tigers who has the authority to get a deal done.

The JC option is more to keep his options open, whether that means continuing to talk to the Tigers through the coming year, or enter next year's draft rather than wait three years. It's an indicator of how anxious he is to play and get his career going.