161 Quotes by Jim Bowden

The player refused to take the field, which we believe is a violation of his contract.

When you're boxed in, the way you improve is by releasing guys or making trades.

We wanted to get two of that group. We got two of that group today. From that group we are finished. Another starting pitcher, it would be a number one or number two type starter, and it would come via trade.

Both sides ended up with a fair and equitable deal. His contract has incentives only because of his history of being injured. The club needed some payroll protection in case he is not able to play a full season. We hope that he does. We don't mind paying if he plays a full year.

We seem to be coming together as a team. We got off to a rough start, our schedule was a little difficult. But to win four out of six on that trip was important, coming together of this club.

We've had some history with him. He's only 26 years old. So it certainly makes sense for us to take a chance on him.

We had a good laugh over it. He's a very warm, sensitive, good person.

You have to look at it from a global perspective. As we advance baseball in other countries and some day end up with a real World Series, this is a great step in that direction. Hopefully it's a great step long-term from a revenue perspective for our industry.

You handle it with lots of discussions about what's best for the team. At the end of the day, when you all know you have the same goal - which is to win - it will work itself out.