Mark Attanasio Quotations

There are a lot of wild cards that go into the Wild Card, one of which is health. If we can stay healthy and our players can all have years like they are capable of having, I think we're going to be very competitive.

I travel all over the country and I don't know if you can see another city where literally every fan wears the team colors the way Cardinals fans do. We saw people outside our hotel at 9 in the morning walking around in Cardinals clothes. I think that's what strikes me even more than the ballpark -- the fans here.

My expectations, I'm sure along with the expectations of the community, have been raised as a result of what we've done this year.

Last year I think we sold 90,000 tickets on the first day. I'm hoping we can beat that this year.

All I had to do was hold the tiller straight with Doug and Gord (Ash, assistant GM) and with Ned.

We still have a young team, but it's really good for them to hear at the beginning of the year that the baseball management is set. If you look at well-run companies on Wall Street, they don't have a lot of changes. And if you look at well-run baseball teams like the Atlanta Braves, they don't either.

We budget to hit slightly above break-even every year. Last year we were able to exceed that plan a little bit. That money has gone back into the facility, our spring training facility and our payroll.

I don't want Doug Melvin with money burning a hole in his pocket, ... We're already scouting free agents for next year. But we are not getting free agents if it's not the right fit.

We don't want to change the integrity of the game,

This is the first time the team has had to play with expectations. We'll see how we react.