Woody Williams
Woody Williams
Gregory Scott "Woody" Williamsis a former right-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He made his major league debut for the Toronto Blue Jays on May 14, 1993, and pitched in the majors for fifteen seasons...
pitches threw
Other than two pitches, most of them were pretty much pitches I threw where I wanted to throw,
management relief sure teammates
I'm sure it was a relief for my teammates and management,
last missed plate
I missed over the plate too often last year.
bottom job line matter
Bottom line is: You have to do your job no matter what the situation, ... And I wasn't able to get that done.
brought ready role start
It's got to start with me, ... That's what they brought me here for. It's a role I'm ready to take.
brought feeling gave worst year
My whole feeling is that I feel like I let the whole organization down. I gave it everything I had, but they brought me over here to do something and I had the worst year of my career.
adversity faced ourselves
I know that we're better than what we showed. We faced a lot of adversity and we were able to come back. Unfortunately, we didn't show ourselves too well in this series.
hit
(If he stays) healthy, he'll hit 30 homers (this year).
excited figure forward looking pieces trade trying unless winter
It's a blessing, ... I'm looking forward to not having a winter where I'm trying to figure where I'm going to be. I'm excited that I will be here unless they trade me. We've got a lot of pieces in place.
gonna survival turn worst year
It's survival of the fittest. You can only put up with so much. I'm experiencing the worst year of my career. Am I gonna give up? No. Things have to turn around. It can't get any worse.
difference last missed missing plate successful
The difference between being successful and not successful is where you're missing -- over the plate or off the plate. I missed over the plate too often last year.
few guy hit mistakes pleased
I'm pleased with the way things went tonight, ... I made a few mistakes and the one guy hit it out of the ballpark, but for the most part, I did what I wanted to do.
anytime ball chance cover gets good ground hit jump mike
Anytime you have someone that gets that kind of jump on the ball and can cover as much ground as Mike does, it's a bonus. Anytime the ball is hit in the air, you know it has a good chance of being caught.
barry behind hands hitter kept
Barry kept his hands back. That's why he's the second-best hitter in the game, behind me.