14 Quotes by Mark Newman


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    He needs to have a good year. He's still young. He needs to make a step forward.

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    He's 19, so everybody's got to slow down, give the kid a chance to breathe. We realize what his upside is, but we realize we have a ways to go.

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    He was more concerned with his batting average than we were. We liked the plate discipline he showed (59 walks) and the power numbers. For a 20-year-old in that league, the walks and power numbers are great predictors for good things.

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    We don't know whether he'll be there (the majors) this year, but we wanted to do this in case something happened and he was. It's also a reward for the Arizona Fall League season he had. He kept working after his regular season. These guys play every day for a long time and sometimes that's not easy to do.

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    We think it's important for diving that this relationship continues, and Duke wants to make sure anything it's associated with is of the highest caliber,

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    As a mobile telephone-only company, Vodafone faces an inherent weakness as telephone calls in developed countries move onto the Internet. All telecom companies will face falling revenues as calls move online, but at least those offering fixed lines and broadband Internet will get a cut of the remaining revenues.

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    You never know. But I don't think it's really fair to put all that pressure on him.

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    They're young, but we thought they could handle it defensively and they both switch-hit. There aren't too many kids their age in big-league camps.

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