Ken Williams
Ken Williams
baseball classic exciting good supposed
I think the World Baseball Classic is one of the most exciting events. It's going to be good for the game. ... What else am I supposed to say?
baseball cares hope power smart
My hope is that baseball cares about defense, situational baseball and smart baseball. But in the AL, you'd better have a little power to back that up.
bit continue evolve growing known manner position responsibility win work
Ozzie is still growing into his position and the responsibility of his position, as well as am I. We'll continue to evolve in a way that is first class. ... We want to win in a first-class manner and be known as a first-class organization. We got a little bit of work to do, but we'll keep at it.
compared increase percent rest sales week
Overall, I'd say there's a 20 percent increase in sales this week compared to the rest of December.
desire offer overwhelms team turn ultimate
Our ultimate desire ... was to keep this team intact. It may turn out that someone overwhelms us with an offer for Jose.
aaron amateur brings good guy himself league minor overlooked people players rob style
Rob brings a lot of the things that Aaron did in his style and aggressiveness and grinder-type attitude. A lot of people overlooked him as an amateur and minor league talent. He made himself into one of the better players in the big leagues. I don't know if the people here know how good he is. The guy can play.
pieces
I still have 17 pieces of shrapnel in my neck.
everybody great judge moves says time worked
Kenny's done a great job. He's been unlucky. He's made moves and everybody says they're great moves and a lot of times they haven't worked out. But you can't judge moves in hindsight. You have to judge them at the time he makes them.
adding caliber gives pitcher pursued rotation season solid starting
Jose is a pitcher we have pursued for some time. Adding a pitcher of Jose's caliber gives us a solid starting rotation for the remainder of this season and into the future.
adding caliber gives pitcher pursued rotation season solid starting
Jose is a pitcher we have pursued for some time, ... Adding a pitcher of Jose's caliber gives us a solid starting rotation for the remainder of this season and into the future.
agent concern free gone jon less next route statement stepped wanting year
Jon stepped up. He made a statement about who he is. He could have gone the free agent route next year and potentially commanded more years and more money. That was less of a concern than his wanting to be here.
follow hand lead people role whatever work
My role in this is now to hand this to Ozzie, and whatever he decides, I will follow his lead in it. That's the way it has to be right now because it's his staff. These are the people he has to work with.
jet ready ski
I was getting ready to get on a jet ski and I slipped.
business capable care position slight
I think our team, if we play the way we are capable of, we should be able to take care of business in our own division. That's not to slight any other team. I just think that we are in a better position this year.