27 Quotes by Drayton McLane

We've very, very excited about Preston Wilson. He wants to be with a champion, and we are still committed to being that champion. We want to go back to that World Series. Preston is a great defensive player with speed, and last year he had 90 RBIs. This is exactly what we're looking for.

We were hoping to have had something accomplished by now, or earlier, but we certainly have to respect that.

If we could have gotten that one big hit, we could have won that game. We just didn't get that hit.

I don't know what the going rate is. I know we paid him $18 million last year. We're just going to have to think it through and see where Roger is at.

I am easy. I'm kind, thoughtful, benevolent, easygoing. I'm a pushover.

Barry Axelrod has told us Jeff will be there and we'll welcome him and give him every opportunity. We have a rehabilitation program, and that's what we'll start on (today) when he gets here.

We took some real risks when we allowed Jeff to participate in the World Series. And our attorneys advised us there were risks. We felt we were well within the contract to allow him to do so. We felt we owed him the right and our fans the right to see him in the World Series if we got there.

We told him we certainly needed an answer by the latter part of this week. We don't want to be left out in the cold if we can't get Beltran. Moises Alou has moved on. Steve Finley has moved on.

His prestige, the respect people had for him then was extremely important. We wouldn't have won it without his support.