Jim Hendry
Jim Hendry
Jim Hendryis currently a special assistant for New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman, and is a former Vice President/General Manager of the Chicago Cubs. Hendry was promoted to GM on July 5, 2002 by former Cubs President/CEO Andy MacPhail. He worked for the Cubs from 1995 to 2011. Prior to his promotion to GM, he was named Assistant GM/Player Personnel Director on October 12, 2001, and previously the Director of Player Development, in charge of both Scouting and Minor League...
above affect approaches bank character game goes price puts security winning
He won't be changed, the way he approaches the game and his teammates. He has too much character to let long-term security affect the way he goes about his business. He puts the price of winning above the price of his own bank account.
both interested sides
Both sides are interested in getting something done.
ankle avoid sets
Why we're doing it now is to avoid even a sprained ankle that sets back his rehab.
bigger came deals larry turned
When Larry came here, he turned down bigger and better deals financially,
developing good job position
We've done a pretty good job of developing our young pitching, but not our position players.
corey healthy hit instead step
We had a healthy Nomar, who was going to hit third. We thought Corey was going to take a step up, instead of a step back,
closely examined handling prisoner process thorough
The prisoner handling and detainment process will be closely examined during a thorough and independent investigation.
games guy plays taking twice
When you have a guy that plays 162 games every year, it makes that guy two stools down think twice about taking a day off.
certainly coming complaint point zero
We're certainly at the point where we're not going to take any chances. He's had a zero complaint camp. When he said he had a little snag today, there's no sense of him coming out on Thursday.
avoid certainly conclusion fairness glad great hopefully john mark process stance work
We're certainly glad to have it done. Our stance is always to try to work with the representative, John Boggs, to a conclusion of fairness to avoid the process if we can. This was something we wanted to do, and hopefully Mark will have a great 2006.
add amateur blue considered finer industry join record scouts speaks staff thrilled tim time track year
We are thrilled to have Tim join the organization. To add him to our staff at this time of his year with his track record is a real plus. He is considered in our industry to be one of the finer amateur scouts and his track record for the Blue Jays speaks for itself.
fair trying
We are trying to be as fair as possible.
addressing bullpen high premium priority
We put a premium and a high priority on addressing our bullpen needs.
intention priority ryan sign trying
We have every intention of trying to sign Ryan to a multiyear deal, ... He'll be a priority as the off-season approaches.