83 Quotes by Paul Depodesta

If we weren’t already doing it this way, is this the way we would start?

Unless everything is lined up, we'd be perfectly happy not doing it.

We feel comfortable we've addressed what's happened the last few days internally.

We've spent a lot of time together lately, ... The goal was to become very comfortable with the direction we are going. Although creative conflict is healthy, it is critical to our vision for the GM/manger dynamic to have enough consistent elements to move forward.

The fact of the matter is, it was coming,

I don't think we know that yet. We're not under any kind of strict time constraint.

He's had nights like tonight, and early in the year he hit a handful of home runs in April and May. So there's no doubt the potential is there, because we've seen it. As with all young players, it's going to be about the consistency of his offense. But it was his effort level, and the above-average defense really solidified his spot on the club throughout the year. He's got elements of his game that you can't teach, like speed and outfield range, so that's certainly going to make him a valuable guy for us going forward.

He had a phenomenal career as a player and has a sterling reputation in the game as a person and as a baseball man, ... When he was let go, we spent a lot of time on his name.

He has kids growing up in Georgia and he decided he couldn't be this far from home during the course of the season.