There were many factors that led to Vladimir's signing. The presence of an owner who can help make him comfortable in terms of language and culture was certainly one of those factors.

He put all the money from the Fleet deal in the foundation with the vision that he was going to play 10 years in the Boston area and retire there. He wanted to accumulate a $1 million endowment so that when he was out of baseball the foundation could make an impact on kids in Boston and the Dominican Republic by giving away the interest each year forever.

I think it's the same way, it was good.

David expressed with great pain that he regrets not being able to help the team due to some issues he's got to take care of.

They say, 'No, no, it's too much paperwork, and the attorney general is not trying to help' and they don't do anything.

If you need help, we are going to set up an after-school program, or talk to the teacher. If we have to stay after every single day, that's what we're going to do. . . . Whatever it takes we're going to do it at Bruce Randolph.