Tim Purpura Quotes on Baseball (7 Quotes)

Last year, obviously we had two bites at the apple. This year we've got three, and we've got two more to go. We've got one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball going, and we've got another dominant pitcher going the night after that. So we feel, certainly, very well set up for it.

We can win this thing, ... We've got one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball going Wednesday. And we've got another dominant pitcher Clemens going the night after that. So we feel, certainly, very well set up for it. ... So I think that certainly, the tenor and the mood is very positive at this point.

The freedoms we give him - he has used them to our advantage, ... Baseball can be somewhat monotonous, day after day, the same places, the same people. We get into a grind. I think to break up that grind may be a positive for him.

It's a huge part of our success here, that we're very careful about what kind of people we bring into the organization as far as their character. We have one of the best clubhouses in baseball and we take that very seriously and I don't want to bring in someone who could disturb that.

In baseball, we talk about a player having five tools. But the way we look at it is that there's a sixth tool and it's makeup and character.

He has quietly become one of the best setup guys in baseball. People don't know much about Dan ... but he's a real steadying force in the bullpen. It's not an easy role to have to go in there and always be in the thick of things.

Scouting and player development are the RD of baseball,