It's what called the value of the brand. People aren't just fans of Barry they are fans of the Giants. When Barry is gone, that doesn't mean they won't be fans anymore.

It's important to have the ballpark get a new look.

The biggest reason people cancel season tickets is tickets in the drawer that aren't used, ... With 81 baseball games that's going to happen. This eliminates that; it reduces no-shows for the game and creates more circulation for tickets, more Giants fans.

Everybody is excited to see him on the field in a uniform in San Francisco. We all saw a guy that's at some point going to come back and play baseball for us.

It's basically a relief for the Bay Area Committee to know that whatever non-relevant factors that contributed to the selection of a bid city will no longer be part of the bid. I truly think that the process will be dramatically cleaned up and it'll benefit all bid cities.

It's just too bad. Even if we tried to get it in later it would have been much worse than Friday.

Absolutely not. If you look at Brian's record as a GM, it's filled with superlative performances. He had an excellent scouting career, and his 9-year-body of work here is a record of consistent achievement. That's the way we view him.

AT&T played a critical role in the development of our ballpark and helped to keep Major League Baseball in San Francisco.

There's an electricity and a buzz. When he does return, there will be a sense of normalcy here.

There will be a day when Barry will no longer be a Giant, ... Nobody expected that to be '05 or '06. It's been a different year.