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We need to find a way to get the (D.C. Council) to honor the commitment it made to get a stadium built. I am guardedly optimistic that we can find a way to get it done.
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The Commissioner is going to interview the groups in the next week to 10 days that he hasn't spoken to yet. And then we hope to move forward on the decision-making process.
Bob DuPuy
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We want to make sure that the kind of ballpark we agreed upon will be built, that it can be paid for as we have agreed, that the team be able to exercise adequate control over the ballpark site, that we understand the limits of the legislative power to further rewrite contracts we enter into and that the balance of burdens and benefits agreed to by us in mediation is readdressed, since it has been seriously disrupted by the legislation.
Bob DuPuy -
Plans to talk to people involved with various groups he does not know. After that, we should be in a better position to make a recommendation.
Bob DuPuy -
I expect them to play the whole season. I expect Bonds to play the whole season, his physical limitations not withstanding.
Bob DuPuy -
We're optimistic it will be voted in Turin, and baseball and softball will be reinstated, ... We were encouraged.
Bob DuPuy -
He is interested and he's a free agent.
Bob DuPuy -
We're important to ESPN. We fill up a lot of space for them in the summer. We're their programming in the summer. If you look at 'SportsCenter,' most nights in the summer, it's, what, 70 percent baseball.
Bob DuPuy
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That's far too narrow. The Commissioner wants the panel to look at it and take it as far as they want to go.
Bob DuPuy -
There are those who felt the Latin player-base community had been overlooked by fans in that election.
Bob DuPuy -
The presence of Cuba in the tournament ensures the highest level of competition for the tournament which, for the first time, will bring together the very best players throughout the world in a single event.
Bob DuPuy -
I think we're doing much better player-wise, but I think we need to reach out to African-American fans.
Bob DuPuy -
We are growing increasingly concerned about the District's ability to meet the agreed-upon December 31, 2005 deadline, by which date a number of critical tasks in the Baseball Stadium Agreement must be completed.
Bob DuPuy -
There are still some fundamental economic differences. We've said all along our goal is get a lease and we're going to continue to work on it. I don't think it'll be done Friday. We're probably looking at next week.
Bob DuPuy