That wasn’t admissible. It didn’t come up.

We’ll see how the roster shakes out, but we could also send him down and let him get some at-bats to get himself straightened out.

It was a fair trade because there was tremendous talent on both sides. The Red Sox are getting more established talent, but the Marlins are getting tremendous upside talent and affordable talent. One side was...

We trust this guy’s makeup. He’s a guy we’re very comfortable with on the mound.

Larry and I like each other. As with any other working relationship there are complexities, there are ups and downs.

We have a handful of guys ready to step in,

I understand there’s been some interest in talking to me over the last couple of days, as evidenced by the cameras outside my house and the fact that I left in a gorilla suit the...

Josh Bard is a catcher with excellent defensive tools and someone … whose best days are ahead of him. He’s not coming off his best [offensive] season, but we still think there is some ceiling...

He loves his [Red Sox] teammates and he really took a liking to the organization. Not every aspect of a situation is going to be to a player’s liking, so that would not surprise me....

I think in the long run it will turn out to be a very good development year for him. He’s far ahead of most members of the 2004 draft class.

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....