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...
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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.
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I think you need to turn the roster over. I think turning a percentage of your roster over every year is healthy.
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I think the idea is to go to spring training and have a competition and see. What it does provide is some insurance if we feel Anthony is not ready.
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I think we need to sit back and reflect on this year and see where we want to go. But Reggie's a free agent ... So outfield would obviously be an area we'll have to address. We've got a couple free agent pitchers, so we have to look at that, too.
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Spivey is someone we have expressed interest in for the past two or three seasons. He will be a strong candidate in what we envision to be a quality competition for playing time at second base.
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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.
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I think we're all looking for the stud guy, the big specimen.
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How many miles to Tokyo? This is what we had hoped for. The role he has here suits him well.
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That first game in Boston was a pivotal point. We got down early, came back and tied it and ended up losing. I think that really knocked a lot out of us.
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I think Sidney is a perfect example of the type of pitcher that we feel Dave Duncan can help get better and bring him to the next level.
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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.
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After the year we had, we didn't want to lose in the first round. It was very important to win this first round.
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It was a very numbing affect to sit and watch what was taking place, ... It's just total disbelief what happened.
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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.