Dayton Moore Good Quotations

We have worked hard to develop our international scouting and Phil and Hiroyuki have had a good relationship with the Tigers for some time. This agreement will help us in building a strong and trusting partnership as we seek and exchange information that allows us to acquire talent from Japan.

We want to stress having balance in their lives and making good decisions off the field.

With some of the questions we have in our major-league bullpen, we wanted to acquire as much talent as we could to create depth and to create competition. Our pitching depth, we feel real good about. It's as good as we've felt about it in Triple-A.

This is a good kid from a strong family with a father who wouldn't let him throw away that money. He didn't even get a car until about two years ago. He's an outstanding person.

These players are technicians. Do they have the power, the strength, that you see in the athletes in the States and other countries? No. Baseball is a game of fine motor skills. Asian players possess that. These are very good fielders, accurate throwers, hand-eye coordination guys, hit-and-run guys. They execute and that's how the Atlanta Braves win baseball games.