Kenny Williams
Kenny Williams
patch
Patch it up? There is no patching up.
bottom given great line offense opportunity pitching remains seems support sure top understand
Jose seems to understand the great opportunity he's been given here. And the bottom line is, I want to make sure I have the pitching to support all of the offense we've added. That remains the top priority.
beach bullpen drives half pickup south
Half of our bullpen drives pickup trucks, ... They go hunting. They don't go to South Beach on their off days.
convincing
You've got a lot of convincing to do.
exactly people
That's exactly what we needed. I don't want people who are going to tell me what I want to hear.
burning fire
The interesting thing for me is let's see if we can do it again. That fire is burning even hotter.
directly far hard held holding miss unlike
He's an idiot. He's selfish. That's why we don't miss him. And we've held it in for far too long. And if you go out there and look long and hard enough, you'll find particulars. But I've got something to say directly to him. And I'm holding back as much as I can because, unlike him, I'll say it man-to-man, face-to-face.
bearing enjoyed great happened history ignore last prove shown stand year
I just don't think you can stand pat, history has shown that. Last year was great and we enjoyed it. But it has no bearing on 2006. You have to go out and prove yourself all over again. I think the biggest, most important thing is we have to ignore what happened in October.
couple home key moves plugging turning watch work
I was at home when he was plugging 14-, 16-hour days, when he really didn't want to be there. He couldn't watch me play baseball, ... I see the work he put into turning them around. He's made a couple key moves that have made me very proud.
call course jerry knock needed paper phone protect quit return talking
Jerry has done everything over the course of 16 years to protect that man, made accommodations for him, concessions for him. He loaned him money, at times, when he needed money. If he was any kind of a man, he would quit talking about things in the paper and return a phone call or come knock on somebody's door.
boston gave hit looked mean tougher younger
He's nasty, with a mean streak, ... I got a hit off him in Boston and he gave me a look like 'You got a hit???' I looked right back at him like 'Yeah, I did.' I think Roger's tougher now than when he was younger because now he's got that split-finger. I think that's why he's still pitching.
fit guys
But he's been great. He's fit right in. He's one of the guys who has come up big for us.
benchmark explain percentage playoff successful trends
You can look at different trends to explain it, a .355 on-base percentage being the benchmark for a successful playoff team,
clean concerned happening stuff whatever
Whatever his explanations are as to what he said, he's got to clean up his own house. I'm concerned about what is happening on the field. All the other stuff I can't be concerned about.