They have not done that. Have they hinted at it? Are we well aware they may want that to happen? Yes. But they said early on they're not going to try to press him into the situation.

If he's incapable of doing this, he's going to say so. He's said many times, he's not going to embarrass himself. He's a man of integrity. He cares about the team and cares about baseball.

This is not a surprise. They had hinted they were going to do that that was one of the things they need to do to accomplish double-digit earnings growth, ... I would think Citigroup has a lot of potential to cut out some expenses when you look at all the mergers over last couple of years.

He believes he's going to be ready for the start of the season. That's what we're counting on.

Would they want Jeff Bagwell now making $17 million, or opt for access to $15 million? I can understand that. But he's under contract. Sometimes you have to live with it.

It's a timing issue. Once he had surgery, he didn't gear up to be ready for Feb. 23 or even Spring Training. He was gearing up for Opening Day. Our hope, and I think everyone's hope, would be it he could have through Spring Training, and then a determination be made.