Ed Wade
Ed Wade
Ed Wadeis the former General Manager of the Houston Astros and previously the Philadelphia Phillies...
discussion next period planning time towards
We need to take time before we get into a planning period and get into our discussion towards next season.
almost calls challenge creating fair foul limited managers mechanism recent split using
It was kind of a split camp. And most of the recent conversations were limited almost exclusively to using it for fair or foul calls. It wasn't with the thought of creating a mechanism for managers to challenge calls like in football.
human player
At the same time, I think it's human nature, over 162 games, every once in a while, a player will get upset, ... But it can't be about that.
chores dedication energy expected household job morning next phone plans rang spend thinking time tomorrow trying
At 11 this morning -- or 11:30, when my phone rang -- I was doing household chores and expected to come in and spend some time working on our plans for next year, and being here tomorrow morning first thing to do those things, ... My energy and dedication hasn't been thinking about my next job. I was trying to do this job the right way.
address
It's something we'll have to address at some point,
couple discussed general last meetings
It's been discussed at the general managers' meetings the last couple years,
billy huge several subject trading tried
Billy is a huge priority. We tried to broach that subject at the trading deadline. Obviously, we've tried several times at that point. Hopefully, we'll get that done.
billy huge several subject trading tried
Billy is a huge priority, ... We tried to broach that subject at the trading deadline. Obviously, we've tried several times at that point. Hopefully, we'll get that done.
club draws line
Every club draws its own line in the sand.
clubhouse fans guys longer obviously recognize understand
You have to recognize that the fans here are very supportive. I've been around long enough to understand the frustration level. I've obviously been here longer than some of our guys. They want it as much as the guys in the clubhouse want it.
question season ultimately
There's no question that's ultimately how you're judged, by how you do in the season and how you do in the playoffs. By that measure, we didn't get there.
attraction bad burnett guy marquee quality year
There's always an attraction for the marquee player. That's not going to change. A guy with the quality of Burnett there probably isn't a bad year to be A.J. Burnett.
four months opening third time until
I told our guys, there's still four months until Opening Day. We still have a third of the year. We still have time to see what develops.
absolutely certain fairly rough stuff
There were a lot of things out there that made me fairly certain that there would be rough spots. Still, to me, I thought some of the stuff was absolutely bizarre.