Adam Katz Quotations

Sammy has a lot of confidence he has a lot left in the tank.

Sammy always spoke very highly of Miguel. I'm unaware of any rift.

There's nothing he can do about it now. It's more comfortable for him to be in Miami. That's it. There's no story here.

It wasn't about the money and it wasn't about No. 600. It was a function of Sammy's expectation of his own performance. He didn't want to go out there and under-perform like he did last year because it was just too painful for him, and it's just something he doesn't want to go through again.

This story is one of the more overblown stories I have ever seen,

This was not a money issue. Was the money fabulous? No. Was it part of the decision-making process? Absolutely. . . . But by no means was it the only thing involved. In the end, the money was a secondary, maybe even a tertiary consideration.

He is doing well and, basically, he's ready to go back to work. But by the time he got game-ready, there might be a couple of games left. Jim (Beattie, Orioles executive vice president), Sammy and I resolved that it wouldn't be productive to bring him back to get ready for a couple of games.

They've had impressive results. The majority of the horses are back racing. Nobody is really sure how it's working. But it's understandably intriguing.

That's unresolved. I haven't talked to Sammy much about that. Probably today.

We just decided since it would be only a few games left, it wasn't worth it, ... and we will revisit his situation with the Orioles in the off-season.