It's always tough to move somebody who's a professional hitter. He's hit 400 homers in the big leagues. But it's a good situation for both clubs.

The average annual value of a contract doesn't bother me as much as the length. In a 5-year contract, somebody is usually disappointed. If a player performs well, he feels he's underpaid. If he doesn't, the club feels like it got a raw deal. And, with pitchers, you're dealing with the injury factor. You need flexibility. You need to be able to change your roster around.

Everybody sits at home and gets the advantage of replays. If they want to huddle together for five minutes to get the play right, they could replay it in the same period of time or a shorter period of time and get it right.

Everybody's looking for pitching and there's not a lot of pitching out on the market. Consequently, it's economics.

Everybody needs pitching. There's not a lot of pitchers out there, ... So supply and demand.

Everyone is all smiles today. I want to go home smiling 100 times this year. That's only 16 times a month.

Ed Wade put together the foundation of a good ball club here,

It's a possibility -- not a probability, but a possibility.

I told Pope that I wished I could trade for the 40th guy on his (40-man) roster,

They have some talent but it's going to be a very difficult situation for them. They'll be frustrated because of the losing in the short term. But in a couple of years they'll be OK. I'll tell you what -- I wish I had some of the players they have over there.