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The Mike Rizzo Years were 2000-2006

The Draft is important to the Diamondbacks. So what can we learn about strengths/weaknesses of the franchise historically?

If previous years' selections of big Russian wingers are an indication, But will have early first-round suitors.

It produced willie mays. erny banks. tremendous. somehow in the '60s and into the '70s, we lost that. i don't know why. nobody seems to know why. we are going to get it back. we are working is 150,000 kids playing baseball. so i like where we are. as for the front offices, we have three or four minority general managers, but we have assistance and scouting directors, so i think in the coming four, five, six years you'll see a lot of progress. >> you see room for improvement? >> no question about it and there will be improvement. >> baseball commissioner bud selig. it is graduation season, so...

Deficiency, in your view? >> if you'll remember, i always said the most powerful and greatest moment in history was jackie robinson coming to the big leagues. it produced great players like henry aaron and willie mays and bob gibson, ernie banks. tremendous. somehow in the '60s and into the '70s, we lost that. i don't know why. nobody seems to know why. but we're going to get it back and we're really working hard. the inner city's rbi program was 150 million kids playing baseball. in the front office, we have three or four general managers, but we have scouting directors, so i think in the nex...