Drayton McLane
Drayton McLane
Drayton McLane, Jr.is an American entrepreneur. He is chairman of the McLane Group, holding company that comprises a variety of diverse enterprises. He was, until 1990, the CEO of the McLane Company, a grocery and food service warehouse, supply, and logistics firm, and was, from 1993 until 2011, the chairman and CEO of the Major League Baseball's Houston Astros. On the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, he was ranked #324 in 2015 with an estimated net worth of $2...
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We've very, very excited about Preston Wilson. He wants to be with a champion, and we are still committed to being that champion. We want to go back to that World Series. Preston is a great defensive player with speed, and last year he had 90 RBIs. This is exactly what we're looking for.
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I don't know what the going rate is. I know we paid him $18 million last year. We're just going to have to think it through and see where Roger is at.
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It hurt personally because I had such admiration for Ken and Enron. But that was the right thing to do at the time.
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I think we have a better opportunity than any other team. I think the key time will be the winter meetings.
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The insurance policy, from their point of view, would be the strongest if he did not come to spring training. I'm unsure of where we are on that.
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It hurt for a minute, but now I'm ready to go. We're still in charge. It will just make it all the more meaningful when we do win it in St. Louis.
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In the original policy, (the insurance company) claims that he could not come to Spring Training. We're going to take all of the information we have and meet with them and see if there is any opportunity (for Bagwell to play in Spring Training). Jeff just wants the opportunity.
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His prestige, the respect people had for him then was extremely important. We wouldn't have won it without his support.
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He was one of the first to contact me.
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If we could have gotten that one big hit, we could have won that game. We just didn't get that hit.
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He came here at an awkward time at the All-Star break last year. He made a huge difference this year. It took time with Andy Pettitte coming off (elbow) surgery and Lance Berkman coming off knee surgery.
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I'm going to call him the first day. Roger knows that and Randy (Hendricks) knows that. I told Roger he better be ready to go May 1.
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It was our desire to get to the World Series, and we did that. But we wanted to win. Our mission is to win the World Series, and we'll get to work on that in the morning.
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We're very, very excited about Preston Wilson. His enthusiasm is as sky high as ours is. He wants to be a champion, and we are still committed to being that champion. We want to go back to that World Series and win the World Series.