36 Quotes by Jim Beattie

We're talking to Raffy right now about that, ... comment on hearsay.

We talked about his toe (and) rather than to keep trying to push it ... we decided to give it the time to get healthy again.

Defensively, it would be a big uplift. He plays hard. He bounces off walls. He doesn't leave anything out there.

There was a time when I would not have felt ready to take on this job, just based on my experience, ... There's more to this than just sitting down and taking over the position. There's a lot of things you have to work with as a leader of an organization.

It's a big distraction and he hasn't even been here, ... We decided for the organization, for the players who are here that he not dress.

It's not something that's been brewing for a long time. The decision really was made in the last day that we should make the change. I talked to Maz this morning about making the change. Maz was very professional about it. He understood, and he thanked me. But it was one of those short meetings you have where there weren't a lot of questions you have to ask or answer.

Everybody is obviously open to be traded, or eligible to be traded,

It's a new personality in the clubhouse. It changes the mix a little bit. He'll try to do things to help you win. When you put that with our club, I think it's a good match.

It's better off for these guys to be allowed to play out the season with as little distraction as they can. It's been a long season with respect to that.