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 wanted someone in this vitally important job who I have selected to lead the team and baseball organization.
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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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What I want him to focus on while he's here is to take a look at our entire pitching program, from soup to nuts, and see what our plan is and let me know. Because I haven't been able to fully understand what our plan is.
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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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Every team would like to have the sitting president of the United States throw out the first ball.
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We spent a lot more money on scouting in the last two or three years and a lot more on minor league development, but the results are not showing yet. And I understand that it's supposed to take longer than that, but I'm impatient.
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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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I have a lot of memories, and they've all been great. I'm so excited about today, I can't even think of anything. Every Opening Day is a special day. Win or lose, it's a special day.
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Lou really had a year that he had to stay away from major league baseball. I didn't know that at the time we talked about it. It's just not going to happen this year. And I would expect Lou to go back to managing.
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We didn't want to complicate Friday with this announcement. This was a very difficult decision. It was very difficult on Dan, who gave of himself totally here. He tried very, very hard. The results haven't materialized yet and I just wanted my own person.
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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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Some of the people on the list may not want their names out yet.
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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.