Lance price

[Was that success down to Price's boss, Alastair Campbell? The way he puts it, it must have been.] He was funny, warm, charming, immensely intelligent, phenomenally hard-working. His stamina was awesome to behold, ... To a certain extent he carried the rest of us along in his wake.

We had some pitchers that needed to get some work in. Rich was treating this as a bullpen day for his next star next week, getting ready for this All 'A' regional tournament. But he needed to get a couple of innings in. Lance came in and did a great job. Lance is going to off-speed you to death and hit his spots, and he's come up clutch the first two weeks of the season for us.

When you get into that kind of studio money, there's a price on everything. And I haven't been willing to pay that price.

What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.

We've asked again but with the price they're asking, it's silly money as they don't want to sell him. I understand that. Just because we're doing well and because the chairman (Dave Whelan) has got a few quid, I'm not going to pay too far over the odds for players, and at that price we won't be interested.