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Son, we'd like to keep you around this season but we're going to try and win a pennant.

You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three days.

I'm not thinking about records. Just winning the pennant would be exciting.

No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't complain about things - and I'd just like to be with them when things are good, and hopefully we can win a pennant together.

The team that gets off to a good start wins pennants.

I have 23 top players and they are all ready to put on the jersey and work on the pitch and that makes you happy and then you have peace of mind.

To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.

Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are. But they said if we are in a pennant race in the middle of the summer they are going to get some help with added payroll.

I could ask the Phillies to keep me on to add to my statistics, but my love for the game won't let me do that.