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...
decision
We're still in this position where we haven't made a lot of decisions yet.
afford based decision games people popularity understand
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 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.
ability bolster extremely makeup pleased
We're extremely pleased to have a person of his makeup and his ability to bolster the bullpen.
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.
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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.
believe chances reason
I think he's going to be fine. There's no reason to believe he won't be fine. We just can't take any chances with that.
care extra far games hope ready situation sure teams throw
You just have to hope that doesn't happen. All teams are in the same situation as far as that's concerned. You have to take extra care with the pitchers, and be sure they're ready to throw when those games begin.
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We don't expect him to fall off because he's not a guy that relies on throwing really hard. We signed him to win games, but his leadership for our young players is a bonus and his presence should take some pressure off of them.
We've had conversations, but I can't say more at this point.
easy people proper public steps
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.
review sit
I'm going to sit down with Trams and review what's going on. It's an important day.
review sit
I'm going to sit down with Tram and review what's going on. It's an important day.