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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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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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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It's an inexact science. That's why you need to have a system that's consistently producing good prospects.
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It works out well - Lou lives in Lakeland, and he's a great Tiger. He's worked hard on the field for us and has done a good job in spring training.
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It works out well -- Lou lives in Lakeland, and he's a great Tiger. He's worked hard on the field for us and has done a good job in spring training.
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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.
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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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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.
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The time away from the game has helped him a great deal.
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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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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 are waiting to hear back on his situation.
We've had conversations, but I can't say more at this point.