If you're not ready to come here and go by my rules, you're not going to come in. My team already told me, 'This is your rule and we're behind you 100 percent.' I had to call a couple of my players to see if I let them down. Maybe in their mind they say, 'We need Marte and Ozzie's doing this stuff.' No. Everybody has to be on the same page and that's why I did it.
Quotes about ozzies (4 Quotes)
I told Paul this, ... I can see one day him sitting in Ozzie's chair or sitting in my chair. I think that much of him. His thought process is very structured, very logical. And his work ethic - I think it'll be transferred from the field.
I really don't care where I hit, as long as I'm in the lineup. ...That's Ozzie's decision. Whatever role I'm in, whatever position I'm in, I'll try to do the best I can and try to produce.
He's in town to spend three days working with B.J., and I think he's going to speak to the entire club sometime, ... Ozzie is not only full of knowledge, but he's one of the most generous people in the game. He's a class act. We wanted to get Ozzie's thoughts on where B.J. stands defensively right now and where he needs to do better. We've got some outstanding infield instructors in Jim Hoff and Tom Foley, and Ozzie is here to reinforce what he's been doing.