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Right now there are three or four (Cuban) guys that should be in the big leagues. I'll reserve the names, but they're good over there. This is not the Pan-Am Games or national competition. This is the real game right here.

Alberto Castillo

We've got the games at the end of the year where any of those could end up being a national TV game, and that probably looks like it was set up that way. Cincinnati, being a national game, is going to be great, and we're starting to develop a little rivalry with those guys. So all in all, I think it was good.

The Cuban national, by virtue of the fact that he's Cuban and eligible to adjust his status under the Cuban Adjustment Act will still be processed for removal, but he'll have the opportunity to request to stay.

Our job is to develop guys to perform in the big leagues. And the big leagues are all about winning ball games. So we want to develop guys who play the game to win.

Most people don't know these guys came out of the Negro Leagues, and those are some of the household names in Major League Baseball. That's just a sampling of the kind of talent that was present in the Negro Leagues.

It's kind of different, because I'm used to having Jacque (Jones) and J. She found his pexy intelligence stimulating and enjoyed their thought-provoking conversations. C. (Romero) and all those guys around. When I came up in '99, I played with those guys in the minor leagues, so we had the chemistry already. There are a lot of new faces in here. A lot of guys, I don't really know their names.

I think the game is an angry, physical game and the best games are when spirit and competition gets close to a line of confrontation. Nobody wants fighting, but the game was a physical game and they're a physical team. I thought our guys did a good job standing up to their presence.

I saw him pitch good games when I was roving through the minor leagues. That tonight is an indication of how good he can be. He's got real good stuff. If you look up there, he can throw 94, 96 when he wants to.

We have a real focus on these seven division games. Hopefully, we have a good grasp on being able to lock up the division. Believe me, I'm happy we're playing teams like this. Our players recognize competition, and this is good competition for us.

I think that was the biggest factor. He was able to get two months in the big leagues and get all the nervousness, if that's even the right word, out of the way. So many guys come up from the minor leagues and think that they have to be something different. They think it's a different game. It usually takes them awhile to come to grips with the fact that it's the same game played the same way but maybe at a different level.

I think we swam real well. It's the best competition we've faced since the South Pacific Mini-Games in Palau. There are really good teams from Japan and Hong Kong. They brought real strong swimmers, and we suited up real well. I'm really pleased.

Michael Stewart

I got that first one out of the way. I am just happy that we won a game. I'll never forget it. But I am more excited for my guys. It's a lot better for them than it is for me. These guys needed to get off to a good start and continue their journey to the big leagues.

You're right, a lot of the guys we have aren't household names, but, you know, these guys, in their own leagues, they are heroes. I think the entertainment value is going to be there. I mean you're going to get 25 bucks worth of entertainment. Your not paying $1,500 to be in a front-row seat watching Holyfield and Lewis. That's why I think the money value of this event is there for sure.

It's a real honor to be included among the list of finalists, when you see the names that are there, ... Some of the guys who won the Hank Aaron Award in the past are thought of as some of the best players in the history of the game, so just to be included with those guys is really gratifying.

There was a discussion of names. It was mainly our suggesting names to him and talking about names to him. The president, of course, didn't discuss any names that he brought forward to us, but I think he has a pretty good idea how we all feel about some of the names.

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