I think Kevin's critical to our baseball operations. Going into next season we're going to have as strong a baseball operations staff as any club in baseball, and it starts with Kevin.

I think Kevin's critical to our baseball operations, ... Going into next season we're going to have as strong a baseball operations staff as any club in baseball, and it starts with Kevin.

To me it will be one more of those esoteric statistics, one more of those historic footnotes that make baseball so great, because it is unpredictable,

Oakland has now increased its payroll to the point that it now ranks third in the Bay Area among all McDonald's franchises.