This is the first of many years of a strong commitment to creating events for all members of the Hispanic community. What we've found is that actually bringing the community to the ballpark brings a lot of joy and pride within the Hispanic community.

Some spend over that. It's a big commitment.

These are very rare events, but when they do happen, they are very damaging.

Absolutely not. If you look at Brian's record as a GM, it's filled with superlative performances. He had an excellent scouting career, and his 9-year-body of work here is a record of consistent achievement. That's the way we view him.

He'll be our GM well into the foreseeable future, as long as he wants to continue for us. We're signed on with him, and we certainly hope and believe he is signed on with us.

It's basically a relief for the Bay Area Committee to know that whatever non-relevant factors that contributed to the selection of a bid city will no longer be part of the bid. I truly think that the process will be dramatically cleaned up and it'll benefit all bid cities.