Quotes by Stan Kasten

“I drew up a list of criteria and he was at the top of each individual measure.”

“What it will do - and its regrettable - it will immediately create this cloud of uncertainty, and thats unfortunate. So the sooner it gets put to bed one way or another, the better for business and the better for fans.”

“They informed me that Chris was released and put on a plane to begin a period of readjustment to life in the community.”

“The idea is to maximize dollars and maximize the number of tickets sold. You maximize dollars for highly desirable games, and offer value to attract people to games they might otherwise not attend. Variable pricing is an idea that comes from the real world -- airlines, department stores. Its not an idea that sports invented. Sports has come to quite late to the party.”

“He often takes conventional wisdom ... and contradicts it.”

“It seems to me the Yankees were defrauded.”

“His first concern was about Danny Snyder.”

“The last time I talked to Ted about sports in general, he was just focused on other much more important things. I dont think sports teams are on his radar. Having said that, he may be the worlds most unpredictable person.”

“Im sure it will have a lot of interest, but thats a far cry from saying they will be sold. Remember they were on the market once before.”

“Nowadays you dont make money on the running of the team. But if you can combine it with other teams, if you have some other way to benefit from the access to the program, then it starts to make more sense.”