Mark Shapiro
Mark Shapiro
general manager
A general manager is never happy, ... But I do feel that, from a big-picture view, we are on course.
andrew ball contribute league major point team threw
Andrew threw the ball very well and I would think that he and Fausto will contribute to the major league team at some point this season.
andrew brown bullpen cleveland competing contribute good guy point spot
Andrew Brown is competing for a bullpen spot and displayed very good stuff. He's a guy who will contribute in Cleveland at some point this season.
colon defining start trade
The Colon trade was the start of everything, ... It started the change. That was the defining trade.
august building clearly colon decisive direction finish foot last maybe move rebuild since team trade until within
The Colon trade was a decisive move, and every move after that was clearly in the direction of, rebuild with a foot on the accelerator, ... That's what it had been until maybe August last year. Everything since then has been, 'Let's see what we can do to try to finish off building the team within the constraints of the market.'
april coming ends indy labor lose season starts tv weeks
You can't take stretches of weeks off, especially coming out of the Indy 500, or you lose your momentum. TV promotes a week out. The IRL will be there when its season starts in April and ends at Labor Day.
summer sweet parks
Summer is the sweet spot of the movie-going season -- and it's also peak season for Six Flags theme parks.
summer fun friendly
Six Flags has to be a destination, but it's got to be a place that you want to go to every single summer and you don't want to go just for a roller coaster or a new ride. We have to sell the experience and sell the image: clean, safe, friendly and fun. The parks are not necessarily all of those attributes, but they will be.
night white people
There aren't going to be many easy nights at all. There are going to be a lot of people beating up on each other. The pitching of the White Sox and Twins is exceptional.