Mark Attanasio
Mark Attanasio
Mark L. Attanasiois a Los Angeles businessman and owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. In September 2004, he reached a deal, on behalf of an investment group, to purchase the Milwaukee Brewers from the family of Major League Baseballcommissioner Bud Selig for an estimated US$223 million. The deal was approved by MLB at the owners' winter meeting on January 13, 2005...
agents burning free hole money next scouting
I don't want Doug Melvin with money burning a hole in his pocket, ... We're already scouting free agents for next year. But we are not getting free agents if it's not the right fit.
delighted general manager
I'm delighted we have a general manager who is in demand.
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I'm delighted Doug's going to be with us through 2009. I think we can do a lot of great things for the organization and the community.
delighted great
I'm delighted Doug's going to be with us through 2009, ... I think we can do a lot of great things for the organization and the community.
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I travel all over the country and I don't know if you can see another city where literally every fan wears the team colors the way Cardinals fans do. We saw people outside our hotel at 9 in the morning walking around in Cardinals clothes. I think that's what strikes me even more than the ballpark -- the fans here.
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It's been a priority for me that the fan experience be optimal, ... One of the things I've found traveling with the team to different cities is that we do give a good experience.
beat hoping last sold tickets year
Last year I think we sold 90,000 tickets on the first day. I'm hoping we can beat that this year.
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Our payroll can go higher, but we need to be mindful that it goes higher in the right way, at the right time and for the right players. We're not going to spend money for money's sake.
assistant hold straight
All I had to do was hold the tiller straight with Doug and Gord (Ash, assistant GM) and with Ned.
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It's one of the reasons Ben wants to stay. We're building something here and from what I'm hearing, Ben wants to be part of that.
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There are a lot of wild cards that go into the Wild Card, one of which is health. If we can stay healthy and our players can all have years like they are capable of having, I think we're going to be very competitive.
change integrity
We don't want to change the integrity of the game,
trying
We are trying to freshen up what is only a five-year-old ballpark.
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When you work on something like that you, you try to work on the whole, so it's all under discussion now in terms of financial terms and length and all that, ... But it will definitely be a meaningful extension. Doug has done an unbelievable job. I think everybody here recognizes that.