Mark Shapiro
Mark Shapiro
chasing eric great watch yankees
Hey, we're chasing the behemoths. I look up and watch Anaheim and the Yankees and Oakland, it's kind of funny. But shoot, Eric (Wedge, manager) is great at internalizing things.
consistent trait veteran
He's so even-keeled and so unexcitable and so consistent in his approach. It's a trait you see in veteran guys.
conscious excited extremely wants
He's extremely positive. Extremely motivated. Excited to come back here. He's conscious of what we're going through right now and wants to be a part of that.
bargain best playing team time
I didn't feel like we were going to keep up our end of the bargain of playing time that we had communicated to him. I didn't feel like we could and still put the best team on the field.
background character check conclusion extensive found great hard isolated jason mistake plays police report talked
Character is very important to us, so to say we did an extensive background check on Jason would be an understatement. What we found is that he's a great teammate, he plays hard and is great in the clubhouse. We read the police report and talked to everyone involved. Our conclusion is we feel it was a mistake on Jason's part, but it's an isolated incident.
absolutely buffalo compete dominant last lightly shown wants year
He absolutely had a dominant year at Buffalo last year. And he's come in here and shown that he aggressively wants to compete for this job. We don't take lightly that year he had at Buffalo.
college felt playing role second unhappy
He phoned us and told us that he was unhappy with his role on College GameDay . He felt that he was playing second fiddle.
breach contract
He phoned and said that he wasn't going to show up, ... And when he didn't he was in breach of his contract and we terminated him.
plays sets team tone
Grady sets the tone for the way this team plays and the way it wins.
If he's healthy, he hits. That's a given, write it down.
both came heads white won
I called heads in both of them, and that's how it came up. Actually, we won with heads on all three, because the White Sox called tails, and it came up heads.
guess last supposed
He told me that at the end of last year. I guess it was supposed to make me feel better.
five
He's very young. We'll see where he is in five years.
both energy game impact sides
He's an energy player, and he can impact the game on both sides of the ball.