07-31-2010, 05:25 PM
From Miles:
http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/4456
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->MORE UPDATES; LILLY'S PARTING WORDS: We had a chance to talk with Ted outside the clubhouse a minute ago. Here's what he had to say: "Short of winning a World Series here, I couldn't have asked for a better experience in my career. I couldn't ask for a better place to play, teammates to play with, fans to play for, all the way from the coaching staff to the front office. I can't enough. The media, from my experience, was great."
GM JIM HENDRY'S INITIAL STATEMENT: “We felt once we moved Castro up to play short and the way it started to unfold as we drew out of the race, we felt that moving forward, acquiring somebody like DeWitt who we’ve always liked gives us something to get started on for next year. So that we felt was a good trade. Our scouts really liked both players. Wallach, the kid comes from tremendous stock. His father (Tim Wallach) was a tremendous character and a quality big-league player for a long time. Our following of Smit the last few years has shown a tremendous improvement. He put himself on a lot higher category on our prospect list with the Dodgers, even from where he was a year ago. We’re pleased with it. It’s a good baseball trade for both clubs. It will give the Dodgers some immediate help to try to catch their respective division leaders and wild-card leaders.”
HENDRY ON DeWITT: “We think he’s a real solid player. We certainly liked him for years way back when he first entered professional baseball. He’s tough kid. He’s 24 years old. His better days are way ahead of him. We have a good relationship with a lot of the coaches with the Dodgers. So I’ve known a lot about him through our relationship there, too. He’s got a chance to be a complete player. He going to get better. Greg Maddux spoke highly of him when Greg pitched for the Dodgers. He’s a guy we’ve always had an eye on and have asked about him in the past. We’re anxious to get him here and see him play at that position and see how it goes leading us into the off-season.”<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/4456
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->MORE UPDATES; LILLY'S PARTING WORDS: We had a chance to talk with Ted outside the clubhouse a minute ago. Here's what he had to say: "Short of winning a World Series here, I couldn't have asked for a better experience in my career. I couldn't ask for a better place to play, teammates to play with, fans to play for, all the way from the coaching staff to the front office. I can't enough. The media, from my experience, was great."
GM JIM HENDRY'S INITIAL STATEMENT: “We felt once we moved Castro up to play short and the way it started to unfold as we drew out of the race, we felt that moving forward, acquiring somebody like DeWitt who we’ve always liked gives us something to get started on for next year. So that we felt was a good trade. Our scouts really liked both players. Wallach, the kid comes from tremendous stock. His father (Tim Wallach) was a tremendous character and a quality big-league player for a long time. Our following of Smit the last few years has shown a tremendous improvement. He put himself on a lot higher category on our prospect list with the Dodgers, even from where he was a year ago. We’re pleased with it. It’s a good baseball trade for both clubs. It will give the Dodgers some immediate help to try to catch their respective division leaders and wild-card leaders.”
HENDRY ON DeWITT: “We think he’s a real solid player. We certainly liked him for years way back when he first entered professional baseball. He’s tough kid. He’s 24 years old. His better days are way ahead of him. We have a good relationship with a lot of the coaches with the Dodgers. So I’ve known a lot about him through our relationship there, too. He’s got a chance to be a complete player. He going to get better. Greg Maddux spoke highly of him when Greg pitched for the Dodgers. He’s a guy we’ve always had an eye on and have asked about him in the past. We’re anxious to get him here and see him play at that position and see how it goes leading us into the off-season.”<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->