I'm a big baseball fan, and I feel proprietary about the Dodgers. I'm not the owner. I'm not the manager. But I feel passionate about the decisions that they make, and I take it personally when they make decisions I don't like.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm sure everyone knows that my heart is and always will be with the players, the fans and the entire Dodger family. I've cared about the Dodgers for nearly my entire life, and nothing can change my allegiance to this franchise.
When you - when you become the manager of a major league team, particularly the Dodgers, to me, that's a privilege and an honor. No matter where you go or what you do, you represent that position that you have. And you represent that organization that gave you the opportunity to be doing what you're doing.
As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because... you either loved them or you hated them.
The game of baseball is better when the Dodgers are playing well, just like when the Yankees are playing well, or the Cubs, the Phillies, the big-name teams.
I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
I can't be the Mayor of L.A. I hate the Dodgers. I'm a Yankee fan. Yankee fans can't ever root for the Dodgers.
After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.
I'm a baseball fan, but I'm not qualified to make baseball decisions, and I don't want to pretend to be.
If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.
I like the Dodgers because my dad does - wait, no, not the Dodgers. Strike me down! The Yankees. I like the Yankees.