Walt Jocketty
Walt Jocketty
Walt Jocketty is the President of Baseball Operations of the Cincinnati Reds. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he attended the University of Minnesota where he earned a bachelor's degree in business administration. He was the General Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals from October 14, 1994 until October 3, 2007...
career employed game good jim managers obviously somewhere top
I would think it's a good fit, ... but that's not something for me to decide. He started his career there, and he's obviously one of the top managers in the game that's not employed as a manager. Jim is going to manage somewhere in 2006. Definitely.
behind clean forward game last nice night stuff
We can go forward like last night and play a nice clean game and hopefully, all this stuff is behind us,
candidate competition envision expressed interest past playing quality second strong three time
Spivey is someone we have expressed interest in for the past two or three seasons. He will be a strong candidate in what we envision to be a quality competition for playing time at second base.
boston came ended game knocked pivotal tied
That first game in Boston was a pivotal point. We got down early, came back and tied it and ended up losing. I think that really knocked a lot out of us.
expect rehab successful
I can say that they thought it was successful surgery, and we expect his rehab should be good. Now, we'll see what it's like in January, but right now everything is pretty optimistic.
hoped miles role suits
How many miles to Tokyo? This is what we had hoped for. The role he has here suits him well.
clubs crazy gone hope market money players power spend spending
The market has gone crazy, but we're not going to go crazy with it, OK? And if clubs want to spend the kind of money they're spending on the players they're spending it on, more power to them. But we hope to make better decisions.
ask
You'd have to ask Scott about that one.
lose win year
After the year we had, we didn't want to lose in the first round. It was very important to win this first round.
hope past
That's past history. He had the surgery. It's over with. All we can hope for now is a speedy recovery, and just go forward.