no one knew he was there, (and) Lasorda made sure everyone knew he was there.

Some people like to say that Gene has never been a winning manager. But he has been a winning manager when you consider that some of the teams he had were in the pennant race when they really had no business being there.

I wish we had one man to get on base before (Ichiro) Suzuki, ... We might have him now, in the youngster (Betancourt). You go over the records, it looks like he's always up there with no one on.

I learned that from Mr. Rickey, ... and I hope Billy learned that from me.

He helps us in a variety of roles, including the ability to steal a base and play almost any position on the field.

Everyone has natural feelings. Given the circumstances as he presents them ... sure. But again, we support the testing program and really that's where it starts and ends for us.