Drayton McLane
Drayton McLane
Drayton McLane, Jr.is an American entrepreneur. He is chairman of the McLane Group, holding company that comprises a variety of diverse enterprises. He was, until 1990, the CEO of the McLane Company, a grocery and food service warehouse, supply, and logistics firm, and was, from 1993 until 2011, the chairman and CEO of the Major League Baseball's Houston Astros. On the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, he was ranked #324 in 2015 with an estimated net worth of $2...
claims information insurance jeff meet opportunity original spring wants
In the original policy, (the insurance company) claims that he could not come to Spring Training. We're going to take all of the information we have and meet with them and see if there is any opportunity (for Bagwell to play in Spring Training). Jeff just wants the opportunity.
key opportunity time winter
I think we have a better opportunity than any other team. I think the key time will be the winter meetings.
adversity came character days issues lost monday together took
Things came together through so much adversity this year. There were so many issues that it took time. But the character came out in them, and that was important when they lost Monday night. Two days later, we're champions.
call knows randy ready roger
I'm going to call him the first day. Roger knows that and Randy (Hendricks) knows that. I told Roger he better be ready to go May 1.
insurance point spring strongest unsure
The insurance policy, from their point of view, would be the strongest if he did not come to spring training. I'm unsure of where we are on that.
ask goals heard took
Each year, with our players, I ask them what their goals are. I said, 'Roy, what is one of your goals?' He said, 'To own a bulldozer.' That kind of took me back a little bit. I had never heard that before.
change close days given indication offer patiently positive signing three time updated waiting
(Boras) updated me. He's still negotiating. We're still in it, but the time is getting short. They've given us no indication (Beltran is close to signing with the Mets). We're patiently waiting for some positive developments. We have three days to go, and in baseball, that's a long way to go. We did not change our offer in any way.
trouble
You're going to get me in trouble with the commissioner (Bud Selig).
gotten won
If we could have gotten that one big hit, we could have won that game. We just didn't get that hit.
last million paid rate roger
I don't know what the going rate is. I know we paid him $18 million last year. We're just going to have to think it through and see where Roger is at.
I am easy. I'm kind, thoughtful, benevolent, easygoing. I'm a pushover.
barry gets jeff start welcome
Barry Axelrod has told us Jeff will be there and we'll welcome him and give him every opportunity. We have a rehabilitation program, and that's what we'll start on (today) when he gets here.
desire mission win work
It was our desire to get to the World Series, and we did that. But we wanted to win. Our mission is to win the World Series, and we'll get to work on that in the morning.
bunch kept last throwing
That just wasn't it. He kept throwing different things at us at the last hour. We never got a bunch of things resolved.