Joe Speed Quotations

We want to tell people, 'Here's a place for you to do your stuff.' We want it open, not just for people here, but everywhere. We are non-profit. We want it to be affordable and available.

The reality is that the guys starting in front of him are All-Stars. This is an opportunity for Bucky to go to spring training, play as hard as he can, and try to work his way back to the big leagues.

The people here have a tremendous interest in team roping, barrel racing and the youth rodeo.

I think the Mariners have made it clear that he's not part of their plans. That's their prerogative. As far as Bucky is concerned, he's appreciative. They let him live his dream. He just would have written the end of the script differently.

There's a better Bucky to look forward to. Unfortunately, it's probably not going to be in Seattle.

A big part of Bucky was that he didn't want to lose another opportunity to play. But at the end of the day, he wasn't ready.

In a perfect world, if we had known how the recovery would go, maybe he would have continued to play on it. But at the same time, we're looking at his career in the long term, not the short term.

If he could do it all over again, he probably wouldn't have the surgery. He would have continued to play with it hurting the way it did. He was successful doing that last year.