It gives folks the opportunity to show their stuff.

This is a huge opportunity. They should have blown me away, and they didn't.

As a young player in the Minnesota organization, I had the opportunity to get to know him and really was thrilled that, during the course of my career, he would always remember me and acknowledge me. Baseball lost a wonderful member yesterday.

It's very exciting. First off, you didn't really think you'd have the opportunity. Then, to realize you're going to get to go, it's a pretty big honor.

We are asking the court to essentially freeze-frame the merger until all seat holders have an opportunity to understand how it was conceived, structured, valued and brokered.

Let's don't miss this opportunity,