I think it was makeup and knowing his stuff was good. He had two outstanding pitches, but I felt he was the one guy in-house who really had the intangibles. I'm not going to act like I was that smart that he'd do the job the way he's done. I thought internally, he's the best candidate. I'm a big believer that the ninth inning is done as much on makeup as stuff. Jim Hendry
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![Obviously, no one is pleased with what happened last year. I didn't see it coming, but I don't expect it that way again. We had a bad year. We had a great year [in 2003], a solid year [in 2004] and a bad year. We have gone about our business trying to fix weaknesses. And we're still open for business. We have a long way to go until Opening Day. - Jim Hendry Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=T2J2aW91c2x5LCBubyBvbmUgaXMgcGxlYXNlZCB3aXRoIHdoYXQgaGFwcGVuZWQgbGFzdCB5ZWFyLiBJIGRpZG4ndCBzZWUgaXQgY29taW5nLCBidXQgSSBkb24ndCBleHBlY3QgaXQgdGhhdCB3YXkgYWdhaW4uIFdlIGhhZCBhIGJhZCB5ZWFyLiBXZSBoYWQgYSBncmVhdCB5ZWFyIFtpbiAyMDAzXSwgYSBzb2xpZCB5ZWFyIFtpbiAyMDA0XSBhbmQgYSBiYWQgeWVhci4gV2UgaGF2ZSBnb25lIGFib3V0IG91ciBidXNpbmVzcyB0cnlpbmcgdG8gZml4IHdlYWtuZXNzZXMuIEFuZCB3ZSdyZSBzdGlsbCBvcGVuIGZvciBidXNpbmVzcy4gV2UgaGF2ZSBhIGxvbmcgd2F5IHRvIGdvIHVudGlsIE9wZW5pbmcgRGF5LiA=&author=ICBKaW0gSGVuZHJ5ICAgIA==&num=7 "Obviously, no one is pleased with what happened last year. I didn't see it coming, but I don't expect it that way again. We had a bad year. We had a great year [in 2003], a solid year [in 2004] and a bad year. We have gone about our business trying to fix weaknesses. And we're still open for business. We have a long way to go until Opening Day. - Jim Hendry Quotes")
