The players, I felt like, got very good contracts and we were abe to keep those players and their services for four, five, six years. That is important. It is important to keep your star players, and Kendall and Giles definitely are. It is time for us to look for the things that are positive about being a Pittsburgh Pirate and being in this market. During the season last year the contract negotiations with Kendall seemed to overtake what was happening on the field, but the bottom line is that you signed him to the agreement.
Negotiations have a way for finding their way into the media.
It's just a part of the game. I am expecting our players to go out and become a quality baseball club. For whatever that is, or whatever wins and losses that produces the expectation for them to be accountable to be as good as they can be every day. That is all we can ask. The wins and losses will take care of themselves as we decipher the strengths and weaknesses of the clubs we play and how our club stacks up.