Larry Baer
Larry Baer
Laurence M. Baer is the Chief Executive Officer of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He succeeded Bill Neukom on January 1, 2012...
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We fully supported his position to play in the WBC. He had a change of heart, and it's an individual decision. On one level, we'd all like to have Barry play. It's a great showcase, but there's an understanding of his point of view as well.
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There's a good chance the park would not exist without this partnership.
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SBC played a critical role in the development of our ballpark and helped to keep Major League Baseball in San Francisco, ... The company remains an important partner in what we believe has become the best ballpark in America and a popular San Francisco landmark.
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Bonds is making good progress and returning this season is possible. There is no reason why he won't be on the team in 2006.
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The team's slightly re-engineered. There are some familiar faces, some new faces. Just like a baseball team, we feel the ballpark should be re-engineered and refreshed. We've spent a lot of time and a lot of effort to keep it highly desirable for the fans. When this ballpark is 30 years old it will still look young.
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We have 39 games to play and we're only six games out of first place.
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We've reached out to her and she referred us to her son. We're working with the son to see what if anything to do.
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We outperformed everyone's wildest imagination on the revenue side, ... We've gone from $60 million in revenue in the last year at Candlestick (the old park) to about $160 million a year in three sold-out years here. The new park has really driven the revenue.
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We can't sit back and be judge and jury on this thing. I think it's important for us all to have a sense of due process.
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Obviously this is a story that has a fascination to it. The commissioner has a review and we're working in lock step with him.
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It's what called the value of the brand. People aren't just fans of Barry they are fans of the Giants. When Barry is gone, that doesn't mean they won't be fans anymore.
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Everybody is excited to see him on the field in a uniform in San Francisco. We all saw a guy that's at some point going to come back and play baseball for us.
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The biggest reason people cancel season tickets is tickets in the drawer that aren't used, ... With 81 baseball games that's going to happen. This eliminates that; it reduces no-shows for the game and creates more circulation for tickets, more Giants fans.
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It's basically a relief for the Bay Area Committee to know that whatever non-relevant factors that contributed to the selection of a bid city will no longer be part of the bid. I truly think that the process will be dramatically cleaned up and it'll benefit all bid cities.