Quotes by Paul Molitor

“It happened so quickly that baseball didnt adjust. There are aberrations; Minnesota and Montreal are playing well. The fact is you have to be high on the revenue list to reach the post-season.”

“Theres a certain crispness to the sound of the ball coming off his bat that only a few players have. Its because hes so strong.”

“It would have been really nice to have this program to learn about new treatments,”

“People who accumulate statistics that are warranted of Hall of Fame-type numbers should be in, ... The numbers are what counts.”

“You do what you can to prevent cancer, and when you get it, you do what you can to fight it. Thats what were trying to let people know; that there is a support team out there to try to help them do that,”

“It just seems like Ortiz has so many dramatic hits.”

“I spent a lot of time thinking about it. I decided to allow myself more flexibility in my personal time with my family and other issues. I took a lot of time and went back and forth, trying to go through the schedule and try to make it work. Then I started thinking about things I wanted to get done.”

“I could become a free agent. Id have to go to an American League team, like the Mets. That sounds funny, doesnt it?”

“I didnt expect to finish that high being mostly a DH,”

“[The DH role] gets undervalued, and its somewhat justified, ... You can be a leader, but youre not making any great plays to save your team a run. You almost have to overcompensate for that missing link, and I think David Ortiz has done it.”