Walt Jocketty
Walt Jocketty
Walt Jocketty is the President of Baseball Operations of the Cincinnati Reds. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he attended the University of Minnesota where he earned a bachelor's degree in business administration. He was the General Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals from October 14, 1994 until October 3, 2007...
based depth past pitching priority provides purpose signed
We signed him with that purpose in mind, based on his past career. It provides more depth to our rotation, more depth to our pitching staff, and that has been the priority of our off-season plan.
bob likes nine worked
Bob likes the way we've done things in St. Louis. I told him I've worked with Mo for nine or 10 years, and he's been a big part of the operation.
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Believe me, we took a strong effort at Burnett and that was going to be a very significant financial obligation. It got beyond the point where we thought it made baseball sense and business sense to go for it, so we backed off.
chance deserves everybody mean provide second
Everybody deserves a second chance and we're here to provide that. That doesn't mean we're going to let things slide, either.
coaches players
There hasn't been that much said about it because Tony, the coaches and the players have made it look so easy.
advantage best plays team
There's no advantage for the team that plays the best during the season.
build healing injury strength takes time
There's nothing you can really do to expedite the healing process. It takes time to heal, and it takes time to build the strength up. It's something he hasn't had before. I don't know if we've had an injury like that.
chance discussion less percent
After a discussion I had with his agent, I think it would be probably less than a 50 percent chance that would happen.
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One correlation I see between the two tragedies is how this country continues to rise to the occasion and help out their fellow man -- whether it is financially, through donations, through time or goods or volunteering their efforts. It's unfortunate it takes these tragedies to bring that into place, but it just shows the strength of this country.
eventually good head ran regain steam
We ran into a very good team. They were on a roll. I think we eventually just ran out of gas. The head of steam we had going into it, we just were never able to regain it.
hoped miles role suits
How many miles to Tokyo? This is what we had hoped for. The role he has here suits him well.
expect rehab successful
I can say that they thought it was successful surgery, and we expect his rehab should be good. Now, we'll see what it's like in January, but right now everything is pretty optimistic.
hope past
That's past history. He had the surgery. It's over with. All we can hope for now is a speedy recovery, and just go forward.
history hope past recovery
That's past history, ... He had the surgery. It's over with. All we can hope for now is a speedy recovery and just go forward.