A year from now you can ask me that. My job is to try to coach and make people better.
Going to a fourth year as the Mets went to, we didn't feel that comfortable. We were disappointed.
Going to a fourth year as the Mets went to, we didn't feel that comfortable, ... We were disappointed.
I was lucky to go to work every day for 50 years, to a job that I loved.
I was trying to land an 18-year-old strapping first baseman from Blanco, Texas, population 200. His name was Willie Upshaw. It turned out there were only three scouts who knew about Willie - Dave Yocum and I working for the Yankees, and Al LaMacchia from the Atlanta Braves.
The talent in the American League is better than the National League. I had the opportunity with Seattle last year to see some National League games, and thought it overall wasn't the same.
Three years we felt very comfortable with. Going to a fourth year as the Mets went to, we didn't feel that comfortable,