6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog: The Unkindest Quotes Of All

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Sunday, December 19, 2004

The Unkindest Quotes Of All

This wasn't easy for me. I never thought about leaving the Dodgers. They said to my face they would try to do what it took to keep me in L.A. I believed what they said.
-- Adrian Beltre, in today's Los Angeles Times, about wanting to stay with the Dodgers

This was me, it was my decision to make. This wasn't Frank telling me what to do.
-- Paul DePodesta, on whose responsibility the late, backloaded offer to Beltre was

If the Dodgers had told me money was tight this year, I could have worked that out. But they never told me anything and they left me out in the cold. The fact is, I was waiting and waiting for an offer that never came.
-- Adrian Beltre

I believe I'm going to continue to be the kind of player I was last year. I can't put up those numbers every year, but the consistency will be there. I go into the batter's box with a plan now. I used to just see the ball and swing at it.
-- Adrian Beltre

Offensive history for A Beltre (3B, vs 100+ G)
Season	Team	Pos	EYE	Rank	Pct
2004	LA	3B	0.064	24 of 30	0.800
2003	LA	3B	0.054	23 of 28	0.821
2002	LA	3B	0.052	27 of 31	0.871
2001	LA	3B	0.053	23 of 29	0.793
2000	LA	3B	0.094	12 of 31	0.387
1999	LA	3B	0.080	20 of 33	0.606

EYE = percentage of OBP due to walks.
Rank = rank among third basemen appearing in 100 or more games.

Angel owner Arte Moreno is a savvy businessman. He has two influential baseball executives working diligently to bring new fans to Angel Stadium and it is not costing him a dime.
Their names are Frank McCourt and Paul DePodesta.
-- Scott Morris, letter to the editor, Los Angeles Times

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