And I would have to say that PGE Park is probably going to rank at least in the top five in the country. Pretty much throughout my minor league career, we had a manager and maybe a pitching coach, but nothing like today. We did have roving hitting coaches that came through, but no one who stayed with the team for an entire season. Almost every player in Triple-A thinks he should be in the major leagues. You've experienced this you got a year in the major leagues in 1978 with San Diego, and then you were back in the minor leagues until resurfacing in 1982 with the Mets and Mariners.
Ballplayers are a very aggressive type of individual.
Usually they are working to get better, and let's face it, they want to be in the big leagues. I do not expect players for the Portland Beavers to be happy with the fact that they are playing at the Triple-A level. They want to be in San Diego and that's a good thing for our fans in Portland. They work hard. Moving up to the major leagues is what drives them.