Sandy Alderson
Sandy Alderson
Richard Lynn "Sandy" Aldersonis the general manager of the New York Mets. He previously served as an executive with the Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres and the commissioner's office of Major League Baseball...
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth22 November 1947
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I don't think I'll be sitting with Walt this week,
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We probably played as poorly as we could in the division series and that was disappointing, ... great.
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Opening Day is a great time to not only commemorate the achievements that the Padres accomplished last season but to celebrate the beginning of what looks to be a very promising season for our club, fans and the city of San Diego. For baseball fans across the world, there is no better time than Opening Day.
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I think we all would admit that we didn't have the premier team in the National League this year, but we did make the playoffs, ... Crazy things can happen in a short series. In our particular case we fell behind in those three games and never really gave ourselves a chance. So that was disappointing. We played down to people's expectations. So that was very disappointing.
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It appeared to be of the size of something you would use to baste a turkey, and not a syringe per se.
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I think Kevin's critical to our baseball operations. Going into next season we're going to have as strong a baseball operations staff as any club in baseball, and it starts with Kevin.
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I think Kevin's critical to our baseball operations, ... Going into next season we're going to have as strong a baseball operations staff as any club in baseball, and it starts with Kevin.
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I thought it was possible for Edwin to be successful, that's why we got involved. But now it's probably beyond anything anyone could have expected.
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Just as we know what Trevor (Hoffman) means to the team and the fans here, I think we understand what Jerry means to the community as well, ... This kind of event just reinforces that.
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have input in the decision, but it's certainly not their decision. I'm sure it will be something that is by mutual agreement and I'm sure it will be something that will be similar if not identical to what we have.
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The area presents a lot of interesting opportunities. We certainly want to clean up the sight lines and bring the fans closer to the action.
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I don't see the payroll going up substantially,
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It's an ongoing process of reinterpreting the strike zone in accordance to the rulebook. The umpires, I think, are doing an excellent job of bringing the outside pitch in closer to the plate. But I still think we have a lot of work to do with the low end of the strike zone.
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Oakland has now increased its payroll to the point that it now ranks third in the Bay Area among all McDonald's franchises.