We didn't know. But we had the attitude like we always do that we're going to be competitive and we're going to do whatever we have to do to make things work. We had that confidence.

He's dominated in virtually every appearance. He was the best [available] bullpen guy in the industry.

I'm sure somebody can. Maybe some day. Maybe some day.

We could not have acquired a more perfect player for us than Edgar Renteria.

I have no comment as it relates to the sale or the announcement of the sale. I will continue to do my job in the same manner I've done it every day I've been here.

I think these guys can help us.

We've had some very good discussions, and some good secondary discussions. I've told our guys, something good will come out of these meetings.

[The Dodgers] obviously felt like they needed to spend that kind of money to offset some of the benefits he would have enjoyed with us -- familiarity, team support and a manager he knows and admires. Maybe they felt like they had to blow the doors off him, I'm surmising.

We looked at his time in the National League and we believe when he gets back to the N.L. in Atlanta, he will return to the Renteria of old.