Before the Yankees' exhibition game against the Nationals, he quickly launched into a tale about the moves he made in midseason 2005: calling up pitcher Aaron Small from the minors and trading for Shawn Chacon, Al Leiter and others.
When Weill and a small band of associates took over Commercial Credit , a mediocre finance company in Baltimore, the tale of infusing its branch managers with the spirit of personal entrepreneurship is a model of dynamically growing a tired franchise.