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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To me it will be one more of those esoteric statistics, one more of those historic footnotes that make baseball so great, because it is unpredictable,
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It's a world-class city with a beautiful downtown ballpark that's done this kind of thing before, ... There's plenty of hotel space. All that was the reason why we got the World Baseball Classic. It had little to do with me.
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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 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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Oakland has now increased its payroll to the point that it now ranks third in the Bay Area among all McDonald's franchises.
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It's virtually impossible to contain the impact of smoking within a limited area, so this is a logical extension of our no-smoking policy and reflection of input we've received from our fans.
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We've been asked about the players; we've said we're going to wait until the end of the season. I'm not sure why the radio or TV situation ought to have a higher priority, ... No decision's been made. But we haven't sat down and thought whether there should be any changes.
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As they become more frequent there is a chance they will become more serious. We want to stop these things before they escalate, ... When they do happen, we have to set an example for anyone else with the remote idea of doing something like this.
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At some point we're locked in. As I've said, I don't want Kevin to leave. But there will come a point in time when we simply won't allow him to leave.
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This is something that happens once every 30 years, ... It's an unusual situation. Would it be better if we were one of the other four teams in the division at the end of the year? I don't think so. I'd rather be a footnote to history than not in history at all.
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Realistically, I think Hernandez may be looking for more than we're prepared to pay,
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I can't elaborate, ... We have been working on something. If something does happen, it should happen in the next few days.
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Absolutely, that's been a priority. That's been a purpose from the start.