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...
both four happy
To me, four years is a big commitment, both for the organization and the player. We're very happy to get this done.
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To me, not only is he a good player, but he's a quality person. He's a guy you win championships with.
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You have to realize that if you start making deals just based on public opinion, you're going to be in a lot of trouble.
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We won a world championship with some high-maintenance ballplayers and he handled Barry Bonds (in Pittsburgh).
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When I talked to him about the various reasons, I'm sure none of them caught him by surprise because we've been discussing them.
hear waiting
We are waiting to hear back on his situation.
starting
We like Nate Robertson. We think he's a starting pitcher.
based desire expressed guy past
I don't have any steadfast rule. I think it's more of a generality. I think in Mike's case, he's a guy who expressed a desire to have a multiyear deal. Based upon his past performance, we were open-minded to it.
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Ideally we'd like to still have Kenny in the organization. He had a good season last year. Other pitchers are ahead of him at this point. We needed to create a roster spot.
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I am driven to move quickly because I think there could be a lot of interest in Jim Leyland.
general
I always wanted to be a general manager.
ask asking lead watch
Naturally, you don't ask him to lead the other guys. But if you watch (the pitchers), he's like a sponge. They're always around him, asking questions.
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We've talked about having somebody at the back end of the bullpen. Todd has had a tremendous career, had a fantastic year last year. ... He's not only got the ability, but the experience that we know we need.
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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.