Larry Beinfest
Larry Beinfest
Larry Beinfest was the President, Baseball Operations of the Miami Marlins, a Major League Baseball franchise in the National League East. until he was relieved of his duties on September 27, 2013...
challenged early exactly hired initially looking players taught tone turnaround winning work
When we initially hired him, we were looking for a turnaround, and we called him a turnaround specialist, ... That's exactly what he did. For me, he really taught the organization what it was to win, and to work hard. It was all about winning early on, every game. He set the tone in the clubhouse, then the working hard. He was out here before the players often, and working hard. Then he challenged a lot of the young players here who had not been challenged to work harder.
good happened taught tone work
He taught our organization to work hard. That set the tone for all the good things that happened to us.
importance joe pitching speed stood style
What stood out with Joe was the importance of pitching and defense. I think our philosophies are similar. The style will be Joe's. But the philosophies, pitching, speed and defense, will remain.
importance joe pitching speed stood style
What stood out with Joe was the importance of pitching and defense, ... I think our philosophies are similar. The style will be Joe's. But the philosophies, pitching, speed and defense, will remain.
games middle needs spring starts surplus teams wants weeks
We have some middle infielders, and we'll see. We're in Spring Training, once you get the first weeks of games in, there starts to be communications with other teams about wants and needs and teams that may have a surplus in other areas.
amount expect hear reasonable waiting
We're waiting to hear from him. As an employer, we'd like to know what's going on with our employee. We're all professionals here. We would expect to hear from him in a reasonable amount of time.
talking tone win work
I'm specifically talking about '03. But he set the tone to win and to work hard,
budget bypass confident david guy players sign worked
We got the players we wanted. We didn't take players because we thought we could sign them. We didn't bypass somebody. These were the players we wanted. We had worked the budget and worked with David and Jeffrey on the budget, and we're confident if this guy is here at that number, we're going to be able to sign him and get it done.
continue desire improve
We could go as-is today. Our desire is always to try to improve and look at every possibility that's out there, and we'll continue to do that.
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He's a great student of the game. He knows how to play the game right. And he's stand-up. There is no gray area. That's appreciated. People will always know where they stand with Joe.
later losses talented ultimately wins
I'd like to think that we're talented but inexperienced. We'll see how that ultimately translates into wins and losses later in the season.
anticipate dallas head obviously remain
Obviously we have been very active. I would anticipate as we head to Dallas we're going to remain active.
anticipate dallas follow head plan remain
Obviously, we've been very active. I would anticipate as we head to Dallas we're going to remain active. We still do have a plan of action, and we're going to follow through on it.
confident sign
We're confident we're going to be able to sign these guys.