Kevin McClatchy
Kevin McClatchy
Kevin S. McClatchyis the chairman of The McClatchy Company and former owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. He led a group of investors that purchased the team in 1996, and served as the team's CEO and lead owner until 2007, when Bob Nutting took over as lead owner, and McClatchy and Nutting hired Frank Coonelly to become CEO...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth13 January 1963
CitySacramento, CA
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Not one bit. That St. Louis thing played absolutely not one shred of a role in this.
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There are certain players who I think haven't progressed, and we need those players to grow. Put on top of that that we have a slew of young players coming into this thing, and I think Dave just wanted to make the decision to get the best person we can to help these guys continue to develop and evolve. Some can make the argument we didn't do that this year.
Sure, if he's available, ... If he's not, then that's the way it is.
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I think what we need is somebody with Major League managing experience. This is just my opinion and Dave might think differently. And like I've said, it's his choice. But we've gone down the road last time with somebody who didn't have Major League managing experience.
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We are beginning to see the results of those efforts, as we see more homegrown talent at the major-league level.
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I'm not going to lie to you. There were some times -- and I think everybody knows when that was because we had to move some players -- that I don't think our plan was working. We were locked into bad contracts and ... it was time for significant changes. Things are working much better now because I think we're working our plan better. Quite frankly, we've got better people in place to execute the plan, too.
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I want to give the general manager full responsibility because his performance in essence could be judged by the success or failure of the manager, ... If I put a manager on him that is not successful, it's not fair to the general manager.
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That's one of the reasons you do these things, because you're trying to get ahead of that. We felt good about this deal. Jack's a good player and a good character guy.
discount player starting
As it always does, it will come down to starting pitching. I don't think you can discount a player because of youth.
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There was concern there. I'm disappointed in some of the lack of improvement. Dave wanted to make sure we had the right manager in place so these players could continue to improve.
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It was important to give Dave the tools he needed to go out and get these players. He's done a great job of getting some veteran players to go with our younger core.
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A lot of people feel we have chance to turn the corner. We just need to go out to play.
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A lot of people are excited about Jim Tracy and the players we have picked up. The All-Star game is a bonus.
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I've put a lot of focus on 2006. I think we have to improve next year. I think we are going to put ourselves in the best position that we have been in a long time.