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...
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It's hard, yet it's easy to be patient. You know what you have to do yourself. You take all of the proper steps involved. You've got the right people involved. You're thorough. It's not like we make spur-of-the-moment decisions. But at times, you're just going to get murdered from a public perspective.
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The No. 1 key for our club is health because if we can keep our everyday players on the field, we'll score runs. We have the capability to have a solid pitching staff, especially with the additions of Kenny Rogers, Todd Jones and our two young pitchers.
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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.
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People don't come to your games to see your manager. I can understand why some people will feel that this was based on Alan's popularity here. But really, we could not afford to make this decision based on that, because we need to right this ship.
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The time away from the game has helped him a great deal.
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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.
looking major
You're looking to make some changes, but not a major overhaul at this point.
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If he had hit the way he did the last six weeks of last season, the fit would've been there. Right now, we haven't seen it.
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If he would've hit like he hit the last six weeks of the season, we would've found a spot for him.
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All the sudden, during the last six weeks, we didn't win many ballgames.
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The Central might be the best now. But that's potentially a good thing for a team that's trying to develop a consistency day in and day out.
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You will not find a more dedicated, hardworking and respected individual that cares more about the Tigers and his coaching staff. However, for the Tigers to reach the next level, I feel it is appropriate to make a change at this time.