I came in and we had a pretty good club when we got there, and our payroll was not going to keep pace with everyone else's, ... So we were given choices of letting guys become free agents or trading them at some point where you felt you could get some pretty decent players in return. It was a very tough decision. I remember calling [Martinez] the night I traded him. Jim Beattie
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![Rather than push it, hopefully he'll be back at some point at the end of the year. This injury happened to him a couple of years ago [in Chicago] and it took a long time to heal. We're going to give him that time. - Jim Beattie Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=UmF0aGVyIHRoYW4gcHVzaCBpdCwgaG9wZWZ1bGx5IGhlJ2xsIGJlIGJhY2sgYXQgc29tZSBwb2ludCBhdCB0aGUgZW5kIG9mIHRoZSB5ZWFyLiBUaGlzIGluanVyeSBoYXBwZW5lZCB0byBoaW0gYSBjb3VwbGUgb2YgeWVhcnMgYWdvIFtpbiBDaGljYWdvXSBhbmQgaXQgdG9vayBhIGxvbmcgdGltZSB0byBoZWFsLiBXZSdyZSBnb2luZyB0byBnaXZlIGhpbSB0aGF0IHRpbWUuIA==&author=ICBKaW0gQmVhdHRpZSAgICA=&num=13 "Rather than push it, hopefully he'll be back at some point at the end of the year. This injury happened to him a couple of years ago [in Chicago] and it took a long time to heal. We're going to give him that time. - Jim Beattie Quotes")
![To be honest, I haven't always been a Red Sox fan, ... The first game I went to was when I was a player [with Yankees]. My dad hated to drive in Boston, so we never came down to see any games. And back then, there was usually only one game a week on TV, and it was usually the Cardinals. I can't tell you I'm a Red Sox fan through and through, but certainly I'm a guy who has admired what's gone on with the Red Sox. - Jim Beattie Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=VG8gYmUgaG9uZXN0LCBJIGhhdmVuJ3QgYWx3YXlzIGJlZW4gYSBSZWQgU294IGZhbiwgLi4uIFRoZSBmaXJzdCBnYW1lIEkgd2VudCB0byB3YXMgd2hlbiBJIHdhcyBhIHBsYXllciBbd2l0aCBZYW5rZWVzXS4gTXkgZGFkIGhhdGVkIHRvIGRyaXZlIGluIEJvc3Rvbiwgc28gd2UgbmV2ZXIgY2FtZSBkb3duIHRvIHNlZSBhbnkgZ2FtZXMuIEFuZCBiYWNrIHRoZW4sIHRoZXJlIHdhcyB1c3VhbGx5IG9ubHkgb25lIGdhbWUgYSB3ZWVrIG9uIFRWLCBhbmQgaXQgd2FzIHVzdWFsbHkgdGhlIENhcmRpbmFscy4gSSBjYW4ndCB0ZWxsIHlvdSBJJ20gYSBSZWQgU294IGZhbiB0aHJvdWdoIGFuZCB0aHJvdWdoLCBidXQgY2VydGFpbmx5IEknbSBhIGd1eSB3aG8gaGFzIGFkbWlyZWQgd2hhdCdzIGdvbmUgb24gd2l0aCB0aGUgUmVkIFNveC4g&author=ICBKaW0gQmVhdHRpZSAgICA=&num=10 "To be honest, I haven't always been a Red Sox fan, ... The first game I went to was when I was a player [with Yankees]. My dad hated to drive in Boston, so we never came down to see any games. And back then, there was usually only one game a week on TV, and it was usually the Cardinals. I can't tell you I'm a Red Sox fan through and through, but certainly I'm a guy who has admired what's gone on with the Red Sox. - Jim Beattie Quotes")
