Sandy Alderson Quotations

I think we all would admit that we didn't have the premier team in the National League this year, but we did make the playoffs, ... Crazy things can happen in a short series. In our particular case we fell behind in those three games and never really gave ourselves a chance. So that was disappointing. We played down to people's expectations. So that was very disappointing.

It's been a terrific transition, ... I just jumped right back into it.

Absolutely, that's been a priority. That's been a purpose from the start.

It's the best tool we have available. We think it's very accurate -- not infallible. We've built in some flexibility to take into account the fact that there can be some amount of error. But we're very happy with what it provides.

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,

I don't think I'll be sitting with Walt this week,

Realistically, I think Hernandez may be looking for more than we're prepared to pay,

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.

I can't elaborate, ... We have been working on something. If something does happen, it should happen in the next few days.

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.