Sandy Alderson
Sandy Alderson
Richard Lynn "Sandy" Aldersonis the general manager of the New York Mets. He previously served as an executive with the Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres and the commissioner's office of Major League Baseball...
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth22 November 1947
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To me it will be one more of those esoteric statistics, one more of those historic footnotes that make baseball so great, because it is unpredictable,
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This is something that happens once every 30 years, ... It's an unusual situation. Would it be better if we were one of the other four teams in the division at the end of the year? I don't think so. I'd rather be a footnote to history than not in history at all.
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In terms of more balls being called, I think that's a misperception. While walks are up slightly, it's not enough to be of any great significance. I think that will even out in the long run.
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In terms of more balls being called, I think that's a misperception, ... While walks are up slightly, it's not enough to be of any great significance. I think that will even out in the long run.
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I don't think I'll be sitting with Walt this week,
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I don't see the payroll going up substantially,
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Absolutely, that's been a priority. That's been a purpose from the start.
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It's the best tool we have available. We think it's very accurate -- not infallible. We've built in some flexibility to take into account the fact that there can be some amount of error. But we're very happy with what it provides.
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It's virtually impossible to contain the impact of smoking within a limited area, so this is a logical extension of our no-smoking policy and reflection of input we've received from our fans.
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We probably played as poorly as we could in the division series and that was disappointing, ... great.
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It's a world-class city with a beautiful downtown ballpark that's done this kind of thing before, ... There's plenty of hotel space. All that was the reason why we got the World Baseball Classic. It had little to do with me.
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It's been a terrific transition, ... I just jumped right back into it.
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It's an ongoing process of reinterpreting the strike zone in accordance to the rulebook. The umpires, I think, are doing an excellent job of bringing the outside pitch in closer to the plate. But I still think we have a lot of work to do with the low end of the strike zone.
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Oakland has now increased its payroll to the point that it now ranks third in the Bay Area among all McDonald's franchises.