Dave Dombrowski
Dave Dombrowski
David Dombrowskiis a professional baseball executive and currently the President of Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. Dombrowski has previously served as the general manager of the Montreal Expos, and the general manager and president of the Florida Marlins and Detroit Tigers...
ability bolster extremely makeup pleased
We're extremely pleased to have a person of his makeup and his ability to bolster the bullpen.
decision
We're still in this position where we haven't made a lot of decisions yet.
kind offensive one-of-a-kind
David Ortiz is an icon. He is one of a kind. But we'll do our best job to replace the offensive aspect, however we can.
thinking community
I don't think you ever replace David Ortiz with what he brings to an organization or to a community.
baseball bring decision game managers name recent top
The decision to name one of the top managers in the game of baseball in recent time, to bring him back to this organization, is a very big day for our franchise.
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Our scouts thought he could hit at a big league level because he swung a good bat and had a good command of the strike zone.
looking major
You're looking to make some changes, but not a major overhaul at this point.
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There was no question in my mind that Leyland was the leading candidate if he had the passion. I didn't know that until we interviewed him. Both candidates were made aware that we had a leading candidate. I had been given indications by people that he had it, but it didn't take long to see that he had the passion.
baseball knows man manage
This man knows how to manage a baseball club.
leagues minor people
Some people from the minor leagues have told me that once he comes here, he'll never go back to the minors. He's very well regarded.
brings enjoyed experience nobody
It brings back memories. Nobody enjoyed the experience of what we had to do.
step year
I think it's an important year for the organization. We need to take a step forward.
charge hop knows passion
He's got that hop in his step, the passion back. I think everyone knows who's in charge at this point.
happen knew mind perspective
But I don't think in my own mind I had a perspective on how long it would take, but we knew it wasn't something that would happen overnight.