It may be that the members of the committee feel more tempted when they have met someone, heard them talk and been impressed.

We've continued to meet and talk, probably on a daily basis, with the commissioner and with members of the committee, ... Several of the candidates have come in over the last couple of weeks and have gone down to mlb.com and have spent some time down there continuing their due diligence. Again, I see no reason why we can't make an announcement by Labour Day.

The optimum committee has no members.

When I met him, I didn't feel a particular warmth toward him.

When you talk to the person, you're making it for them, not for a shop. We've met some of the most awesome people.

You'd look around at meetings, and committee members who could have been his grandchildren wouldn't be there because of things like bad weather. But Porter never missed.