It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word.

I've always said when I broke in I was an average player. I had an average arm, average speed and definitely an average bat. I am still average in all of those.

I always love the smell of a bat and a glove, or a hockey puck in the winter time.

You're always looking for an all-around athlete — somebody who's going to represent with their bat and their glove and also in the classroom. I think Jeana does a real good job of that.

We lost the most beloved Oriole of all time. Not only was Elrod loved here in the Baltimore area, but all over the country. Every ballpark that we would go into, he'd be the first one on the field signing autographs and saying hello.

After all my years, there are two things I've never got used to - haggling with a player over his contract and telling a boy he's got to go back.