Bob Castellini
Bob Castellini
Robert "Bob" Castellini is an American businessman from Cincinnati, Ohio. Since 2006, he has been Chief Executive Officerof the Cincinnati Reds, leading a group that purchased a majority share of the Major League Baseballfranchise from previous CEO Carl Lindner, Jr. Castellini is the chairman of Castellini Co., a fruit and vegetable wholesaler...
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I was very grateful for his special advisory help the last two weeks. It's been great. He's a great baseball man and a great individual. He'll be a general manager again.
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This was fun. The sitting president to come out and throw the first ball? That's a great honor for your baseball team, your fans, your city, your region. That doesn't happen very often. First time in 130 years it happened here. It's something we were proud of and wanted to go without a hitch and it certainly did.
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I wanted someone in this vitally important job who I have selected to lead the team and baseball organization.
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This officially turns the baseball operations to you.
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Absolutely. I think Minnesota is arguably, as a small market club, one of the finest organizations in baseball -- or at least a photo finish with one or two other franchises.
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The last 15-16 days has been so much fun dealing with the press. I'm going to hand the baseball operations ball over to you. You are in charge of handling all the communications with the press. I'm very proud of you.
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It's gratifying to see how many people care about this organization and bringing championship baseball here. People care, they really care, and these are competent people that are part of this organization or want to be part of it. This is a hidden treasure here.
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Some of the people on the list may not want their names out yet.
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The expectations that are out there for a turnaround, everyone is ready for a winning season with the Reds and that's been a great support system. When you feel like at the beginning everyone is behind you.
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We're very proud of how far we've gotten this year.
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We want to be in Sarasota the rest of our lives. There's no problem with a long-term commitment on our part.
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We're going to give you a winning team.
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We want to try to build the franchise around Adam, Homer, Edwin and a couple of other guys.
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If all the stars line up, we're going to have a pitching staff that's a lot better than it was last year.