More - Chuck LaMar Quotes

If [Blum] plays third base, he'll get the majority of the at-bats. If he ends up playing second base, if we don't sign another middle infielder, then he would get the majority of the at-bats there. We brought him in to be a full-time player.

Chuck LaMar

 

if they don't think he can play shortstop then they should think about trading him.

Chuck LaMar

 

He's a baseball player - outstanding instincts on the field, good makeup, a hard-nosed player, always has been, versatility. [He's] a better left-handed hitter than right, and that fits us, especially with Damian [Rolls] at third base. He's just a good, solid performer.

Chuck LaMar

 Baseball

I'm under no direction from ownership that I have to trade them whatsoever. That's not even a factor.

Chuck LaMar

 Direction

I take full responsibility for this organization not winning in my eight years,

Chuck LaMar

 

He has the chance to become a tremendous major league player. The Devil Rays look forward to him joining what we think may be the best nucleus of young players in all of major league baseball.

Chuck LaMar

 

Having said that, we saw him play the latter part of August and thought he had had enough. He had already gone from Double-A to Triple-A and we thought it was time for him to go home and get ready to play winter ball if he wanted to, or if not, get ready for spring training.

Chuck LaMar

 

We thought he had had enough -- going from Double-A to Triple-A

Chuck LaMar

 

[Cardinals Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith recently spent three days in North Carolina working with Tampa Bay Devil Rays shortstop prospect B.J. Upton , who plays for the Class AAA Durham Bulls.] And I think he's going to speak to the entire club sometime, ... Ozzie is not only full of knowledge, but he's one of the most generous people in the game. He's a class act.

Chuck LaMar

 

He cannot make 40 errors here. I think he is an improved shortstop over this time last year. He's ready to play offensively.

Chuck LaMar