Every time we go through something, it's a young team and we're going through it for the first time, ... Last year, it was contending late in the season, in August and September. This year ... coming out of spring training, it was the first time anybody was looking at us. Mark Shapiro
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[Sizemore (he's making $318,000 this year) and Lee ($345,000) come cheap, too. Those numbers are as important to Shapiro as batting averages and ERAs. The Colon trade -- he is making $10 million this season -- was Shapiro's way of announcing the Indian's new business model: Expensive free agents were out, hunting for prospects and bargains was in. It's a little easier to sell that small-market approach when trades work out as well as that one did.] The Colon trade was the start of everything, ... It started the change. - Mark Shapiro Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBNYXJrIFNoYXBpcm8gICAg&num=5 "[Sizemore (he's making $318,000 this year) and Lee ($345,000) come cheap, too. Those numbers are as important to Shapiro as batting averages and ERAs. The Colon trade -- he is making $10 million this season -- was Shapiro's way of announcing the Indian's new business model: Expensive free agents were out, hunting for prospects and bargains was in. It's a little easier to sell that small-market approach when trades work out as well as that one did.] The Colon trade was the start of everything, ... It started the change. - Mark Shapiro Quotes")
