The issues had nothing to do with the chain of command, per se. I’m happy with the chain of command.

I don’t think it’s predestined. This season for a lot of teams in a lot of ways has been about survival. We’ve both survived in probably the most difficult division.

I don’t think you ever want to see your team struggle. I think the fact that we had to overcome adversity during the regular season probably helped us.

Coco Crisp is not Johnny Damon — he is his own player. He brings his own strengths. Johnny was an outstanding, elite leadoff guy and center fielder for us for four years. It’s unfair to...

It’s making more of it than it was. It’s been sort of a non-issue all along. I’m glad he feels good about staying.

If he has anything to share [about] the Yankees, we’ll listen. They have half our team over there. All’s fair.

We don’t think 11 pitchers are really necessary in a five-game series, especially with the way we line up. We like our pitching staff.

We put our best foot forward and made an offer that makes sense to the club. We think it’s a fair and generous offer.

He is 100 percent healthy.

Because we’re still in a pennant race, we won’t be able to reward all deserving players. [Decisions] will be based on the needs of the big league club.

The first round of internal planning, looking at our needs and looking at the market dynamics this winter, that will continue. We’re going to give everybody the day off [today] and get right back after...

You have to believe in every aspect of the job and the organization and your ability to stay and do the job the right way, with your whole heart and your whole soul. And in...

I think the future is bright. We have young players who are ready to play contributing roles as players we really rely upon, some as depth and some as players that are probably a year...

These concepts of vision and togetherness are only words if we don’t live up to them. We understand that our actions are much more meaningful than our words.

The (Jays) did a great job of executing a game plan. You can’t always think four or five years ahead. Sometimes you have to take advantage of an opportunity to win now. They made themselves...

We’ll see how our roster shakes out, but Choi does have minor-league options if we want him to get everyday at-bats in Triple-A for a period of time.

We’re in a position, if we play well over this weekend, we’ll get in. If we don’t, we probably don’t deserve to.

We’re forever indebted to them. Someone, I’m sure, won’t be back. It’s appropriate to thank them for their contribution and wish them the best going forward. That said, we’re not saying any goodbyes right now.

It’s not a sign of panic or desperation, there’s no downside to this at all. He might be the right guy in the right spot this weekend.

We have him as one of the top guys in all of baseball. He’s very sure-handed, consistent, with good range and he’s fun to watch play shortstop.

We weren’t the same offensive team in September/October that we were the first five months of the season. It’s important to figure out why. Is it fatigue? Is it age? Is it 30 games in...

had a lot of honest talks in that last week, reflecting on ourselves and the organization and the job, and whether it was right for me and for the team.

We’re not going to speculate on any timetables. The most important thing is to get Coco healthy so he is 100 percent and can help this team win. We’re lucky to have depth at that...

Well, we don’t really want to get into exactly how many runs we expect to score, but I think it’s safe to say that our expectation is that we’ll allow fewer runs than we did...

If someone else wins it, they must have had a very special season. I hope he wins it.

We’ve had a very successful working relationship. I think Larry and I like each other. As with any long relationship, there are complexities. … But in the end, I want what’s best for Larry. He’s...

It might be the greatest game ever played. I’d like to hear other nominations. We were just joking around, that might have been one of the greatest at-bats ever, to end the greatest game ever...

It’s an opportunity for them to get a little bit of big-league experience, see how the guys go about batting practice, … The way they get their work in. It all fits together. Big league....

This is one of those contract negotiations where it all came together because we have a player who means so much to the organization and has done so much for the organization and he wanted...

He helped us win. That’s the bottom line. He really did something selfless to help us win.

This year, for a lot reasons and for a lot of teams, has been an exercise in survival. Getting past the attrition of a long year for a lot of different reasons. We both survived...

We were satisfied by what we found out. Numerous times, he was, well, very assertive.

We should have all the details. I know they spoke, but I don’t know what was said yet.

We were a strong club. We took on so many holes because of injuries. With those gaps we got to a certain performance level . . .

Coco Crisp is not Johnny Damon. He’s his own player. He brings his own strengths.

There’s a fine line between winning and losing in the postseason. We got outplayed in October, and that happens. And if it happens for three games, you’re going home.

It always takes two to tango.

said a beaming Faxon, his smile Kennedy-like in its width and charismatic luster, ”which I don’t really care about.

Not according to our training staff. He’s just having a bad month.

Throughout November, (owner) John Henry, (owner) Tom Werner, Larry and I held discussions to see what lessons could be learned in the aftermath of my departure. Gradually, with the benefit of time and greater perspective,...

A situation may arise where he’s a better option than what we have. There aren’t too many guys you can bring in under these circumstances and be sure they won’t be afraid.

You have to go on how a guy feels. His knee felt great in Spring Training. It’s hard to say if he was ready or not. He’s not ready now. He was feeling really good....

Coco Crisp is not Johnny Damon.

We want to win 95 games next year and get back into the postseason. We want to try to do that every year,

The schedule says we play at the end and the standings say we’re pretty close and those games will matter, … Both teams have survived the toughest division in baseball and whoever wins the series...

It’s not fair to attribute my decision to any one factor or any one person, … There were many factors that went into the decision.

He says that when he covered first base, he kind of felt it give a little bit.

We think he’s above average offensively and defensively at a premium position.

I’d like to see them applaud him in recognition of all he accomplished here. We wouldn’t have won the World Series without him.

Ironically, Theo’s departure has brought us closer together in many respects, and, thanks to these conversations, we now enjoy the bonds of a shared vision for the organization’s future that did not exist on Oct....