David Forst
David Forst
David Lee Forstis an American baseball executive with the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. He is the general manager of the Athletics...
certainly himself move onto played trying
We've been trying to move Freddie most of the spring. He certainly played himself onto somebody's club.
bit foresee group ownership proven
I don't foresee that happening. Lew and his ownership group have proven things are a little bit different now.
attractive beyond boost came fit great guys huge knew learn option time trade veteran
He was a huge boost for our offense. When he came over here, we said at the time of the trade that having that option was attractive because we knew we'd be able to keep him beyond this year. Jay's a professional. He fit in great with the clubhouse. He's another great veteran our young guys can learn from.
closing contribute exceeded expected expecting games hoping less point ready spring training year
He has exceeded any expectations you would have for someone less than a year out of the draft. Certainly, we probably expected a little more out of him because of the person he is and because of his background, and we all went into spring training hoping he would be ready to contribute at some point this year, but never expecting he'd be closing games in June.
good three
Two more done, three more to go. We're making good progress.
good meet meeting
We had a very good meeting with Bob. Obviously, there's a lot of familiarity there and it was good to meet in that setting.
discuss happy nobody
Esteban is not happy, nobody is happy with the results. We'll discuss it.
gets obviously point sure ultimately whether
I'm sure that'll come up at some point this spring, but it hasn't come up yet. Whether something ultimately gets done is obviously still a question.
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I came here having played the game. I knew little about knowing what it takes to put a team together. I've learned from Sandy, through Billy and Paul. Sandy was a presence in the clubhouse and had the ability to build a rapport with the team. I think that helps guys feel comfortable. It all starts with Billy. Players respect the path he's been on. We want to run this thing like a business and take care of the employees.
dan expect fitting guess job left mark months picked pitch tremendous wear
It's something we thought about as long as two months ago. We didn't expect Dan to come in and wear No. 21 and pitch like Mark Mulder. He's done a tremendous job. I guess it's fitting he picked up where Mark left off.