Tony Tavares People Quotations

I was about to start having people call baseball

The key issue for the new owner is acting with some certainty on some issues. He'll be able to act in a more decisive way than I can. It's time for people to get some certainty. I'm looking forward to it. I know most of my staff are looking forward to it.

Honestly, most people in baseball would tell you that he went into a bad situation. He had a lot of money committed to players who weren't performing. A lot of people I know feel like he needs more time to put his plan in place.

If we don't start moving, we're going to be scraping the bottom of the barrel, ... You lose people every now and then if you wait.

I'm the holdup, ... I didn't want people accusing me of being unrealistic by billing them for something we have no chance of and then saying, 'All you want is my money.'