Ken Williams
Ken Williams
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Our ultimate desire ... was to keep this team intact. It may turn out that someone overwhelms us with an offer for Jose.
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Understand that a lot of people, generations, have come and gone and not seen their team win the World Series,
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With his knowledge of pitchers in this league, he could be an asset to his teammates just by being around,
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One of the reasons we picked each one of these guys on this team is we wanted a bunch of fighters, ... We wanted guys who could be resilient and had been resilient to criticism or doubts throughout the course of their whole career.
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Our manager is doing his best to win the game and to prepare his team for the playoffs,
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I'm probably the only guy in Chicago who doesn't have the luxury of relishing in the sentimentality of what happened last season. The defeatist attitude that we'll always be Chicago's second team doesn't fly with me.
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He took a club predicted by some to finish third or fourth place and rode it to a World Series championship. That's a very commendable thing. I've been a little disappointed in some of the awards. ... But all along Ozzie and I decided the most important thing was a team effort, to be cohesive as a unit, and all individual things were secondary.
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Generations of people have not seen us get to this level, ... I have personally carried that weight on my shoulders, to the degree that is not healthy sometimes. People have come and gone and not seen their team in the World Series. I am so happy now for all of them.
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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?
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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.
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Overall, I'd say there's a 20 percent increase in sales this week compared to the rest of December.
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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.
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I still have 17 pieces of shrapnel in my neck.
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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.