We’re big payers. We’ve seen some positive results come of it. There weren’t as many teams looking to simply dump payroll last year. They were looking for young players in return. I don’t know if...

This is one of my favorite places. Some of the quirks of the design create opportunity for much more open standing space.

It’s a matter of sitting down and getting a deal worked out. I expect in two or three weeks it will be completed.

It’s the way we traditionally do (payroll). That way we aren’t caught short. By our calculations, we’re showing fairly significant bump in payroll over ’05.

It’s not just what you spend on the major-league payroll. In the last year we’ve purchased a Double-A franchise (in Springfield, Mo.), paid more than double for early-round draft picks and opened an academy in...

Brent played a great game. We knew what he could do, but I was glad to see the younger guys like Pat McDermott get in there and do something.

Time marches on. We’ve got a wonderful new facility under construction and it’s Busch Stadium – it’s just different bricks and mortar.

It’s much better to get here and have a shot at going all the way. We’ve been here a few times. Last year we made it, this year we didn’t. It’s so hard now because...

All we can do is go by facts. Others can choose to disagree about the nature of the business. Frankly, we feel very fortunate to have a payroll in the $90 million range. It’s a...

We made an investment that hasn’t realized a return yet.