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...
history hope past recovery
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.
allowed guys time
It's allowed us to take our time in getting these guys back. We don't have to rush.
advantage best plays team
There's no advantage for the team that plays the best during the season.
build healing injury strength takes time
There's nothing you can really do to expedite the healing process. It takes time to heal, and it takes time to build the strength up. It's something he hasn't had before. I don't know if we've had an injury like that.
chance discussion less percent
After a discussion I had with his agent, I think it would be probably less than a 50 percent chance that would happen.
bring continues country fellow goods help man occasion rise shows strength takes time tragedies whether
One correlation I see between the two tragedies is how this country continues to rise to the occasion and help out their fellow man -- whether it is financially, through donations, through time or goods or volunteering their efforts. It's unfortunate it takes these tragedies to bring that into place, but it just shows the strength of this country.
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.