I'll give him a call back to talk to him, which I would do for anybody. My position is, I do understand people will show interest in this job, but really we're focusing on the rest of the season right now.
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We need to try to continue to get him at-bats. Because of his path the last couple of years, he hasn't had the normal number of at-bats that your prospects have. I think it's important that we get him a lot of playing time at third base. ... We want to exhaust the opportunity for him to play third base, because we are looking at our future.Dave Littlefield
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