Word: houk
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...didn't plan on coming back," Houk said, "but the fishing hasn't been too good. When you've been in baseball all your life, like I've been, it's a little harder to leave than you think...
General Manager Haywood Sullivan said that although he had considered several candidates, he had only talked to Houk...
Stressing that he was not yet familiar with the personnel, Houk said that he will ultimately be involved with the shaping of the ballclub, but would rely on "the baseball men in the organization" for any immediate decisions...
Both Sullivan and Houk declined to comment specifically on personnel changes, although the general manager admitted that "some of the rumors you hear are true and some are false." He added, "I don't think that anyone going to battle would give away their battle plans...
...Houk gave even less information. When Keane asked, "Will you tell 'Sully' not to trade Lynn?", the sixth Sox pilot since 1965 quipped, "You made all the decisions last time I came through here so I thought I'd wait...