Bob Castellini
Bob Castellini
Robert "Bob" Castellini is an American businessman from Cincinnati, Ohio. Since 2006, he has been Chief Executive Officerof the Cincinnati Reds, leading a group that purchased a majority share of the Major League Baseballfranchise from previous CEO Carl Lindner, Jr. Castellini is the chairman of Castellini Co., a fruit and vegetable wholesaler...
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I was very grateful for his special advisory help the last two weeks. It's been great. He's a great baseball man and a great individual. He'll be a general manager again.
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We've got a lot of really great people interested in tackling this job. We're just into (the interview process) one day and I've heard so much about our tradition and how much it's meant to people and why people want to head up the Reds.
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This was fun. The sitting president to come out and throw the first ball? That's a great honor for your baseball team, your fans, your city, your region. That doesn't happen very often. First time in 130 years it happened here. It's something we were proud of and wanted to go without a hitch and it certainly did.
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The expectations that are out there for a turnaround, everyone is ready for a winning season with the Reds and that's been a great support system. When you feel like at the beginning everyone is behind you.
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He blew us away. He had a great game plan. He was totally prepared.
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We certainly want to approach the state legislature about a new facility. We understand that the people in the state of Florida are favorably inclined.
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I wanted someone in this vitally important job who I have selected to lead the team and baseball organization.
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I wanted Lou to come up here in the worst way as a special adviser. He promised me if I asked him to, he'd come down to spring training. He's just a terrific guy. He'll not be with us this year.
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Every team would like to have the sitting president of the United States throw out the first ball.
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This officially turns the baseball operations to you.
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We're very proud of how far we've gotten this year.
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It all comes down to the organization we build and the people that we surround ourselves with.
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Frankly, I was worried about George throwing a strike. (His pitch) was a little high and it was either inside or outside, there wasn't a batter, so we don't know.
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If all the stars line up, we're going to have a pitching staff that's a lot better than it was last year.