"I love this game. That's why I changed my mind." (Alfonso Soriano, via Washington Post, 3/23/2006)
"He's making a personal sacrifice for the organization." (Jim Bowden, via Washington Times, 3/23/2006)
"It's a relief for everybody, it really is. We get the distractions away from here and we can focus on baseball now and getting this ballclub tuned up and ready to go for Opening Day." (Frank Robinson, via AP/ESPN.com, 3/22/2006)
"When you make $10 million, and you're going to say, 'No,' when you know what's coming? Come on. What do you think? That's a lot of money, man. I didn't see him leaving all that money on the table and moving on and not playing, just go and sit at home for a year." (Jose Guillen, via Washington Post, 3/23/2006)
(AP Photo by James A. Finley)
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